1 Samuel 3:4
called ... Samuel <07121 08050> [called Samuel.]
1 Samuel 15:10
1 Samuel 3:15
opened <06605> [opened.]
Samuel ................ Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]
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.
afraid <03372> [feared.]
1 Samuel 7:9
nursing <0259 02461> [a sucking.]
Lord ... cried ..... Lord ....... Lord <02199 03068> [cried unto.]
answered <06030> [heard. or, answered.]
1 Samuel 8:6
<03415> [displeased. Heb. was evil in the eyes of.]
prayed <06419> [prayed.]
1 Samuel 8:22
1 Samuel 12:18
made ... thunder <05414 06963> [sent thunder.]
afraid <03372> [feared.]
1 Samuel 13:8
waited <03176> [tarried.]
1 Samuel 15:33
sword <02719> [As thy sword.]
Samuel ..................... Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]
It has been a matter of wonder to many, how Samuel could thus slay a captive prince, even in the presence of Saul, who from motives of clemency had spared him; but it should be remarked, that what Samuel did here, he did in his magisterial capacity; and that Agag had been a cruel tyrant, and therefore was cut off for his merciless cruelties. Farther, it is not likely that he did it by his own sword, but by that of the executioner. What kings, magistrates, and generals do, in an official way, by their subjects, servants, or soldiers, they are said to do themselves:--{qui facit per alterum, facit per se.}
hacked ... to pieces <08158> [hewed.]
1 Samuel 16:10
seven <07651> [seven.]
1 Samuel 7:15
led <08199> [A.M. 2873-2947. B.C. 1131-1057. judged.]
1 Samuel 8:4
elders <02205> [the elders.]
1 Samuel 10:17
Lord <03068> [unto the Lord.]
