Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
12. all things which I have spoken ] See ch. 1Sa 2:27-36.
when I begin, I will also make an end ] Literally, ‘beginning and ending,’ i.e. from beginning to end, fully and completely.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
When I begin … – literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. I will perform – all things which I have spoken] That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related 1Sa 2:27, &c.
When I begin, I will also make an end.] I will not delay the execution of my purpose: when I begin, nothing shall deter me from bringing all my judgments to a conclusion.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In that day; in that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation to make their peace with God, and prevent the execution, as others did in like cases.
All things which I have spoken, by that prophet, 1Sa 2:27.
When I begin, I will also make an end; though this vengeance may and shall be delayed for a season, to manifest my patience, and incite them to repentance; yet when once I begin to inflict, I shall certainly go on with it, and not desist till I have made a full end.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house,…. Or family, that is, by the man of God, 1Sa 2:27 as that he would cut off the strength of it, that there should not be an old man in it; and such as remained should be reduced to the utmost poverty and meanness; this shows that that prophecy was antecedent to this, contrary to the sense of some:
when I begin, I will also make an end; not immediately, and at once, but by degrees; he began in the death of Hophni and Phinehas, and went on in the slaughter of Abimelech, and the eighty five priests at Nob, in the times of Saul, and finished in the thrusting out of Abiathar from the priesthood, in the times of Solomon, whereby that family was brought to disgrace and poverty.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
On that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house (see 1Sa 2:30.), beginning and finishing it,” i.e., completely. , to set up the word spoken, i.e., to carry it out, or accomplish it. In 1Sa 3:13 this word is communicated to Samuel, so far as its essential contents are concerned. God would judge “ the house of Eli for ever because of the iniquity, that he knew his sons were preparing a curse for themselves and did not prevent them.” To judge on account of a crime, is the same as to punish it. , i.e., without the punishment being ever stopped or removed. , cursing themselves, i.e., bringing a curse upon themselves. “ Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not ( , a particle used in an oath, equivalent to assuredly not) be expiated by slain-offerings and meat-offerings (through any kind of sacrifice) for ever.” The oath makes the sentence irrevocable. (On the facts themselves, see the commentary on 1Sa 2:27-36.)
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
12. All I have spoken In the message recorded 1Sa 2:27-36.
Begin make an end That is, commencing and finishing all. I will execute what I have spoken against Eli’s house completely from beginning to end.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 3:12. When I begin, I will also make an end God declares to Samuel, that he will execute upon the house of Eli all that he had threatened against him by the prophet whom he had heretofore sent; that he would not delay it; nor would he discontinue it till the just measure of his chastisements was fulfilled. Eli and his sons perished first; eighty-five priests of this family fell afterwards by the sword of Doeg; then Abiathar was degraded; and thus the house of Eli was reduced to the greatest misery.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
1Sa 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
Ver. 12. When I begin, I will also make an end. ] Praestabo reipsa quod verbis minitor. Execution of justice is God’s work, though his strange work, Isa 28:21 and when be once beginneth, he will go thorough stitch with it: he will neither dally nor desist till it be done.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I will perform: 1Sa 2:27-36, Num 23:19, Jos 23:15, Zec 1:6, Luk 21:33
when I begin: etc. Heb. beginning and ending
Reciprocal: Lev 14:35 – a plague Jdg 4:24 – prospered 1Sa 2:34 – a sign 1Sa 4:18 – his neck 1Sa 22:18 – fourscore 1Ki 2:27 – that he 2Ki 15:37 – began Jer 30:24 – fierce Eze 21:5 – it shall Hos 4:6 – I will also Nah 1:9 – he Tit 1:6 – having
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 3:12. In that day I will perform against Eli, &c. In that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation. When I begin, &c. Though this vengeance shall be delayed for a season, to manifest my patience, and incite them to repentance; yet when once I begin to inflict, I shall not desist till I have made a full end; or, have fully accomplished all my threatenings, which was done in the death of Eli and his sons; and the slaughter of eighty-five priests of this family by Doeg, and the thrusting Abiathar, who escaped that slaughter, out of his office, and so depriving that family of its dignity and honour.