1 Samuel 3:15
opened.1:9; Mal 1:10Samuel.Samuel reverenced Eli as a father, and feared to distress him by shewing what God had purposed to do. It does not appear that God commanded Samuel to deliver this message; he therefore did not attempt it till adjured by Eli. It might be supposed that Samuel would have been so full of ecstasy as to have forgotten his ordinary service, and run amongst his friends to tell them of the converse he had with God in the night: but he modestly keeps it to himself. Our secret communion with God is not to be proclaimed on the house-top. feared.Jer 1:6-8; 1Co 16:10,11Esther 2:19
the virgins.3,4sat in the king's gate.21; 3:2,3; 5:13Psalms 131:1-2
1 David, professing his humility,3 exhorts Israel to trust in God. (Title.) A Song of degrees.Some think that this Psalm was composed by David when accused by Saul and his courtiers that he affected the crown; though others refer it to the time of the captivity; and consider it as containing a fair account of the manner in which the captives behaved themselves. 122:1; 124:1; 133:1; *titles my heart.Nu 12:3; De 17:20; 1Sa 16:13,18,22; 17:15,28,29; 18:23; Mt 11:29Ac 20:19; 1Th 2:6,7,10neither.78:70-72; Jer 17:16; 45:5; Am 7:14,15; Ro 12:16exercise. Heb. walk. high for me. Heb. wonderful for me.139:6; Job 42:3; Ro 11:33 quieted.42:5,11; 43:5; 62:1; *marg:1Sa 24:10; 25:32,33; 30:6; 2Sa 15:25,26; 16:11,12; Isa 30:15La 3:26myself. Heb. my soul.Lu 21:19; Joh 14:1,2as a child.Mt 18:3,4; Mr 10:15; 1Co 14:20
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