1 Samuel 3:17

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And Yahweh said to Samuel, Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, "I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. ¹¹ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. ¹¹ The Lord said to Samuel, "Watch, I am going to do something in Israel that will shock those who hear about it. ¹¹ The Lord said to Samuel, "Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle. ¹¹ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. ¹¹ Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle. ¹¹The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will ring. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹¹ And the Lord seide to Samuel, Lo! Y make a word in Israel, which word who euer schal here, bothe hise eeris schulen rynge.

Bible Verse Review
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I pray thee: Psalms 141:5, Daniel 4:19, Micah 2:7

God: 1 Samuel 20:13, Ruth 1:17, 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Kings 22:16, Matthew 26:63

more also: Heb. so add

thing: or, word

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:17 - What 1 Samuel 25:22 - So and more 2 Samuel 3:9 - So do God 2 Samuel 14:18 - Hide not 2 Kings 6:31 - God do so Jeremiah 38:14 - I will Jeremiah 42:4 - I will keep

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden.

Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:2
To whom the womman answerde, We eten of the fruyt of trees that ben in paradis;

Genesis 3:2
And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, what is the thing that the [Lord] hath said unto thee?.... The word "Lord" is not in the text, but it is "that it hath said"; the voice that had so often called him in the night, and which yet Eli knew was the voice of the Lord; and as it was, he was sensible there was something of importance said, and he had great reason to believe it respected him and his family; and the rather he might conclude this, by what the man of God had lately said to him, whose words perhaps he had too much slighted, questioning his authority; and therefore the Lord took this way and method to assure him that what was said came from him; for hereby Eli was fully convinced that this voice Samuel heard was of the Lord, and so what was said must be from him, and this he was impatient to know:

I pray thee, hide it not from me; and he not only beseeched and entreated him, but adjured him, as in the next clause:

God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that said unto thee; it is the form of an oath or curse, wishing that God would do some great evil to him, and more than he chose to express, if he concealed anything from him that had been told him. So Kimchi and Abarbinel take it to be an oath; and Josephus, u and Procopius Gazaeus on the place say, that Eli obliged Samuel by oaths and curses to declare what had been said to him.

u Antiqu. l. 5. c. 10. sect. 4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:17. God do so to thee, and more also — This was a very solemn adjuration: he suspected that God had threatened severe judgments, for he knew that his house was very criminal; and he wished to know what God had spoken. The words imply thus much: If thou do not tell me fully what God has threatened, may the same and greater curses fall on thyself.