1 Samuel 3:7
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.
1 Samuel 3:3
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.]
1 Samuel 2:15
1 Samuel 9:13
bless <01288> [he doth bless.]
time <03117> [this time. Heb. to-day.]
