1 Samuel 3:1-7
boy <05288> [the child.]
Word <01697> [the word.]
eyes <05869> [his eyes.]
lamp <05216> [ere.]
Before sun-rise: for it is probable the lamps were extinguished before the rising of the sun; see the Parallel Passages.
lamp <05216> [the lamp.]
temple <01964> [the temple.]
called ... Samuel <07121 08050> [called Samuel.]
Samuel <08050> [Now Samuel.]
Or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was revealed unto him.
yet ............ yet <02962> [did not yet.]
Samuel was not destitute of the knowledge of God, in that sense which implies the total absence of true piety, as Eli's sons were; for he knew and worshipped the God of Israel: but he did not know him as communicating special revelations of his will to him, in the manner in which he made it known to the prophets.
