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1 Samuel 3:12

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Sa1 2:27 as that he would cut off the strength of it, that there…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

When I begin ... - literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I will perform - all things which I have spoken - That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related Sa1 2:27, etc.

When I begin, I will also make an end - I will not delay the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 3:11-18

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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.

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