Some attach the opening words of the chapter to the end of 1 Samuel 3:21, as the complement to what is said there: The Lord reveale…

And the word of Samuel.—To which portion of the narrative does this statement belong? Is it part of that account of the Lord’s dea…

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel
Or was "known", as the Targum, the word of prophecy by him, which related …

Israel is struck down before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, was in the camp and gave their enemies all the advantage they could desire. …