Passage Research
1 Samuel 3 — Sermon Preparation
God calls to Samuel three times in the night; Samuel eventually recognizes the voice and delivers a message of judgment against Eli's household. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 304 / 100
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמוּאֵל | Shᵉmûwʼêl | H8050 | 21 | Shemuël |
| עֵלִי | ʻÊlîy | H5941 | 12 | Eli |
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 12 | call out to |
| שָׁכַב | shâkab | H7901 | 8 | lie down |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 9 | word, matter |
| יָסַף | yâçaph | H3254 | 4 | add, augment |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 5 | walk, carry |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“All increase in wisdom and grace, is owing to the presence of God with us. God will graciously repeat his visits to those who receive them aright. Early piety will be the greatest honour of young people. Those who honour God he will honour. Let young people consider the piety of Samuel, and from him they will learn to remember their Creator in the days of their youth. Young children are capable of religion. Samuel is a proof that their waiting upon the Lord will be pleasing to him. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 3:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1— 1 Sam 3:20
- Dan— 1 Sam 3:20
- Shiloh— 1 Sam 3:21
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