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The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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A Spiritual Famine
Commentators explain that the phrase "the word of the Lord was precious" means it was extremely rare. This was not a positive state but a sign of God's displeasure with the widespread corruption of the priesthood. God had become silent, and there were no widely proclaimed visions, setting a dark and desperate spiritual stage for Samuel's calling.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Josephus says that Samuel’s call to the prophetic office happened when he had just completed his twelfth year ().
The phrase was precious…
19th Century
Anglican
The child Samuel ministered to the Lord. —The writer of this history, although well aware of the great revolution accomplished in …
Baptist
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli (1 Samuel 3:1).
Samuel was only a child, yet he was a faithful…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli , &c.] Under his direction and instruction; the Targum …
The call that Divine grace intends to make effectual will be repeated until it succeeds, until we heed the call. Eli, perceiving that it was the vo…
