Opened the doors - We learn from this incidentally the nature of some of Samuel’s duties. This duty was distinctly Levitical in character. I…

And opened the doors. —This is another indication that the sanctuary of Shiloh was enclosed in a house or temple. We have no recor…

And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever. And S…

And Samuel lay until the morning
It is not said he slept; it can hardly be thought he should, when it is considered …

What a great deal of guilt and corruption there is in us, about which we may say, It is the iniquity that our own heart knows; we are conscious of …