1st Samuel Chapter 3 verse 3 Holy Bible
and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down `to sleep', in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;
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And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,
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and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,
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And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
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And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
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and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;
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And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God `is',
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3, 4) Ere the lamp of God went out.--There is a Talmud comment here of singular interest and beauty: "On the day that Rabbi Akiva died, Rabbi (compiler of the Mishnah) was born; on the day when Rabbi died, Rav Yehudah was born; on the day when Rav Yehudah died, Rava was born; on the day when Rava died, Rav Ashi (one of the editors of Guemara) was born. It teaches thee, that no righteous man departs this life before another equally righteous is born; as it is said (Ecclesiastes 1:5): 'The sun riser, and the sun goes down.' The sun of Eli had not set before that of Samuel rose; as it is said (1Samuel 3:3): 'Ere the lamp of God was out . . . and Samuel laid down.'"--Tract Kiddushin, fol. 72, Colossians 2."It was night in the sanctuary. The high priest slept in one of the adjacent chambers, and the attendant ministers in another. In the centre, on the left of the entrance, stood the seven-branched candlestick, now mentioned for the last time; superseded in the reign of Solomon by the ten separate candlesticks, but revived after the Captivity by the copy of the one candlestick with seven branches, as it is still seen on the Arch of Titus. It was the only light of the Tabernacle during the night, was solemnly lighted every evening, as in the devotions of the Eastern world, both Mussulman and Christian, and extinguished just before morning, when the doors were opened." In the deep silence of that early morning, before the sun had risen, when the sacred light was still burning, came through the mouth of the innocent child the doom of the house of Ithamar."--Stanley, Lectures on the Jewish Church, Part I.The Lord called Samuel.--It seems probable that the voice came from out of the "visible glory," the Shekinah, which on that solemn night of the calling of the child-prophet no doubt rested on its chosen earthly throne--the mercy-seat of God--which formed the top of the Ark, and which was overshadowed by the outspread wings of the golden Cherubim.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBeforeטֶ֣רֶם (ṭe·rem)AdverbStrong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, beforethe lampוְנֵ֤ר (wə·nêr)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5216: A lamp, lightof Godאֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativehad gone out,יִכְבֶּ֔ה (yiḵ·beh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3518: To be quenched or extinguished, to go outSamuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (ū·šə·mū·’êl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israelwas lying downשֹׁכֵ֑ב (šō·ḵêḇ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 7901: To lie downin the templeבְּהֵיכַ֣ל (bə·hê·ḵal)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1964: A large public building, palace, templeof the LORD,יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelwhereאֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatthe arkאֲר֥וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 727: A chest, arkof Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativewas located.שָׁ֖ם (šām)AdverbStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherJump to PreviousArk Burning Ere Extinguished Hadn't Lamp Light Samuel Sleep Sleeping Temple Within
