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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said to Samuel,.... The voice of the Lord continued speaking to him: behold:
I will do a thing in Israel; which may be particularly interpreted of the taking of the ark, and the slaying…
Barnes' Notes
More accurately, “the which whosoever heareth both his ears shall tingle.” This expressive phrase occurs again twice (marginal references) with reference to the destruction of Jerusalem by…
Adam Clarke
The Lord said to Samuel - He probably saw nothing, and only heard the voice; for it was not likely that any extraordinary representation could have been made to the eyes of a person so young. He heard…
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…
Announcement of the Doom of Eli's House
11. I will do I am doing. The catastrophe is certain. With God the future is as the present.
at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle…
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