1 Samuel 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me… With the first mention of the temple we have the last mention of the candlestick, for, as Dean Stanley points out, its place was taken by ten separate lamp stands in Solomon's temple, end that which appears represented on the arch of Titus at Rome was a copy of the original made for Herod's temple, and carried off at the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman conqueror. This lamp of the Lord was lit at sunset and supplied with sufficient oil to last through the night. At sunrise the lights were extinguished. The narrative therefore suggests that it was in the early morning the Lord appeared to Samuel. In Nature's morning, and in the morn of life, came the sunrise of the soul, the great spiritual awakening to the Hebrew boy. It came when the world was still and the heart was young. (J. B. Morgan.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. |
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