Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 3:5
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
5. And he ran ] Note Samuel’s alacrity to serve the aged priest, his spiritual father.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
He ran; showing his great faithfulness and diligence in the service, either of the Lord, or of his master Eli.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5-18. he ran unto Eli, and said,Here am I; for thou calledst meIt is evident that his sleepingchamber was close to that of the aged high priest and that he wasaccustomed to be called during the night. The three successive callsaddressed to the boy convinced Eli of the divine character of thespeaker, and he therefore exhorted the child to give a reverentialattention to the message. The burden of [the Lord’s message] was anextraordinary premonition of the judgments that impended over Eli’shouse; and the aged priest, having drawn the painful secret from thechild, exclaimed, “It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth himgood.” Such is the spirit of meek and unmurmuring submission inwhich we ought to receive the dispensations of God, however severeand afflictive. But, in order to form a right estimate of Eli’slanguage and conduct on this occasion, we must consider theoverwhelming accumulation of judgments denounced against his person,his sons, his descendantshis altar, and nation. With such athreatening prospect before him, his piety and meekness werewonderful. In his personal character he seems to have been a goodman, but his sons’ conduct was flagrantly bad; and though hismisfortunes claim our sympathy, it is impossible to approve or defendthe weak and unfaithful course which, in the retributive justice ofGod, brought these adversities upon him.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And he ran unto Eli, and said here [am] I,…. He got out of his bed as fast as he could, and put on his clothes, and ran with all haste to the apartment where Eli lay, supposing he wanted some immediate assistance, which he was there ready to give him to the utmost of his ability; and he made the more haste, as knowing his age and infirmities, and being desirous, out of affection to him, to help him as soon as possible:
for thou calledst me; he took it to be the voice of Eli, partly because there was no other man in the tabernacle, it being in the middle of the night, or early in the morning, before the doors were opened, or any of the priests were come in to minister, and partly because the voice might be very much like Eli’s, and which was done to direct him to him:
and he said, I called not, lie down again; he signified he wanted nothing, and so had no occasion to call him, nor had he, but bid him go to bed again, and sleep quietly:
and he went and lay down; and very probably fell asleep again.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
Under the first impressions of the call, Samuel concluded that it must have been Eli, and therefore ran to him. But, when the aged Priest told him that he did not call him, Samuel was easily reconciled, and returned to his slumber. And doth not the sinner do the same, under the first impressions of grace, very frequently? Elihu describes it; when he saith, God speaketh once, yea, twice, yet man perceiveth it not. Job 33:14 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
Ver. 5. And he ran unto Eli. ] This showeth his diligence in attending on his blind master, though he were now but twelve years old, as saith Josephus.
And he went and lay down,