1 Samuel 3:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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ASV

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

KJV

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Opened the doors - We learn thus incidentally the nature of some of Samuel’s duties. This duty was quite Levitical in its character. In the interval between Josh and David, when the tabernacle was stationary for the most part, it may have lost something of its “tent” character, and among other changes have had doors instead of the hanging. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision - Here was Samuel’s first experience of the prophet’s cross: the having unwelcome truth to divulge to those he loved, honored, and feared. Compare the case of Jeremiah Jer 15:10; Jer 17:15-18; Jer 20:7-18.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Doors - Altho' the tabernacle, whilst it was to be removed from place to place in the wilderness, had no doors, but consisted only of curtains, and had hangings before the entrance, instead of doors; yet when it was settled in one place, as now it was in Shiloh, it was enclosed within some solid building, which had doors and posts, and other parts belonging to it.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Our secret communion with God is not to be proclaimed upon the house-tops. (3.) He feared to show Eli the vision. If he was afraid Eli would be angry with him and chide him, then we have cause to suspect that Eli used to be as severe with this towardly child as he was indulgent to his own wicked sons, and this will bear hard upon him.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay	H7901 →
שְׁמוּאֵל֙	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הַבֹּ֔קֶר	ha.Bo.ker	the morning	H1242 →
וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח	vai.yif.Tach	and he opened	H6605 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דַּלְת֣וֹת	dal.Tot	[the] doors of	H1817 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֣ל	u.she.mu.'El	and Samuel	H8050 →
יָרֵ֔א	ya.Re'	he was afraid	H3372 →
מֵהַגִּ֥יד	me.ha.Gid	from telling	H5046 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמַּרְאָ֖ה	ha.mar.'Ah	the vision	H4759 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עֵלִֽי׃	'e.Li	Eli	H5941 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 1:9
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:3
  Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- Psalms 27:4
  One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 5:7
  But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
Through
Malachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and…
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:2
  Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- Micah 3:11
  Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Amos 5:21–24
  “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Jeremiah 6:20
  What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- Hosea 5:6

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