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1 Samuel 3:17 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 17
And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.1 Samuel 3:17 · King James Version
1 Samuel 3:17 in context
15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
17And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- saiddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- hidekâchadto secrete, by act or wordH3582 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is, I. The message which, after all this introduction, God delivered to Samuel concerning Eli's house. God did not come to him now to tell him how great a man he should be in his day, what a figure he should make, and what a blessing he should be in Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18