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Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good.
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The Integrity of a Prophet
Commentators highlight Samuel's faithfulness in delivering God's difficult message. Despite his youth and the severity of the prophecy, he "told him every whit, and hid nothing from him." This serves as a powerful model for believers to speak God's truth with integrity, even when it is painful or unwelcome.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is the Lord — Compare the devout submission of Aaron (Leviticus 10:3) and of Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:19). And for th…
19th Century
Anglican
It is the Lord. —Such a reply, and such a reception of the news of the terrible doom twice communicated to him by a direct message from th…
Baptist
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him And so approved himself to be a faithful prophet of God, an…
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 …
