1 oc. a i. e. Condemn, and puniſh or o_— as the woes Op is "_ Ir. a6 uſed, as Gen. 15. 14. John 2, 18» and 16. 11- is Children, an 4 Poſterity, as is manifeſt by the Story ; as the word Houſe is frequent- Heb: ly taken, as 2 Sam. 7. 11. I Kings 21» 29. <0 zhe Houſe: of Judah, of
—_—_ wt Aaron, of David, are oft taken for their Poſterity. And to Build an WL them, Houſe in Scripture uſe, is to encreaſe their Poſterity, as Exod, 1. 21»
Deute 25. 9. Ruth 4. 11. Compare Gen. 16. 2. and 30. 3» c Till they be utterly Rooted out : or, for a long time, as that Phraſe 1s oft uſed. d Either by the information or che Prophet, Chap. 2. v- 27, &c. or by his own guilty and ſelf-accuſing Conſcience. But theſe, and the foregoing and foliowing words, may well be, andare rendred thus; fr this iniquity, becauſe he knew ( both by common Fame, and by his own Obſervation) zhat his ſms, 8&c. He cannot pretend ignorance, or want of proof of their wickedneſs, which ag- grares his ſin. e Notonly hateful to God, but contemptible to all the people, whereby they alſo brought their Sacred Office, and God's Holy Ordinances into contempr. Heb. Carſed themſelves,or made them- ſelves Execrable or Accurſed, both tt» GOD and Men : by their lewd and curſed praftices, they pur themſ?lves under the Curſe of GOD, by ſuch a groſs Vio'ation of GOD's Commends: Compare foſh. 6.18. and 7, 124 13- This -xprefſioa may be uſed by way of refle&tion upon their Father, b-cauſe he did not denounce the Curle of GOD againſt them, nor put them out of the Prieſthood, as accurſed Per- ſons, al:hough they were ſo Vile, that they had prevented their Fa- ther's Cenſure, and meritorioufly caſt themſe!ves out, and cut them” ſelves off from the Prieſthood and Congregation of the LORD which
their Father ſhould have done ſudicially. f He contented himſelf
with a cold and gentle Reproof, .and did not ſeverely Rebuke, and puniſh,and effeQually reſtrain them from their abominable Courſes, nor uſe that Authority which GOD had given him,as a Father, as an High-Prieſt, andas a Judlge,or Chief Magiſtrate, againſt them, as by the Law of GOD he was obliged to do. |
14 And therefore I have ſworn g unto h the houſe of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's houſe ſhal not be pur- ]ed with ſacrifice, nor offering for ever.
gZ Which might bez done before, though it be mentioned here only. Or, I ao ſwear; the paſt Tenſe bing commonly put for the preſent in the Hebrew Tongue. h Or, concerning, as the Prafix La- med is ofc uſed, as Exod. 14+ 3. and 18. 7. 2 Sam 11.7. Pſal. gr. 1r. Compare wich Matth- 4.6. t 1+ e. The puniſhment threatned a- gainſt Eli and his Family, ſhal nor be prevented or hindred by all their Sacrifices, as they fondly imagine, but ſhal infallibly be exe- cuted.
15 And Samuel lay until morning, and opened the doors of the houſe of the LORD &k: and Samuel feared to ſhew Eli the viſion 6.
k Although the Tabernacle, whilſt it was to be removed from Place to place in the Wilderneſs, had no D»ors, but conſiſted only of Curtains, and had only Hangings b*fore rhe entrance, inſtead of Doars; yet when it was ſettled in one place, as now it was in Shi- Ioh, where it had been for a long time, it is more than probable, both from this pl-ce and by comparing 1 Sam. 1. 9. and 2 Sam. 6. 17. and from the Narure and Reaſon of the thing, that it was incloſed within ſome ſolid Building, which had Doors. and Poſts, and other parts belonging to it. / i.e. The matter of the Viſion or Revelari- on, partly from the Reverence and R-ſpect he bore to his Perſon, to whom he was loth to be a Meſſenger of ſuch ſad ridivgs; partly, leſt if he had b=en haſty ro utter it, £7 mighr think bim guilty of Arrogancy or ſecret Complacency in his Calamity, which was like to tend to Samuel's advancements And not being commanded by God to acquaint El herewith, he prudently ſuſpended the publicati- on of it till a fit occaſion were offered, which he might reaſonably expect in avery little time, knowing that Ez would be greedy to know the matter of that Revelation, the Preface whereof he was ac- quainted with ; and that it would be leſs offenſive, and therefore more uſeful ro E!;, when he ſaw that Sawuel was not puffed up with it, nor forward to vent it, until El: forced it from him.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and ſaid, Samuel, my fon. And he anſwered, Here am T. | I7 And he ſaid, What # the thing that the LORD hath ſaid unto thee ? TI pray thee, .hide i: not from + Heb: me: God do fo to thee, and + more alſo , if þ odd. thou hide any || thing from me of all the things that he (Or, wrd. {25d unto thee.
m God infli& the ſame evils upon thee, which I fuſpe& he hath pronounced againſt me, and greater evils roo. Or, God do ſo, i. e, Jer God deal with thee to ſeverely, as I cannor, or am loth to ex- Preſs. So it is a kind of Apoſiopeſis uſual in Oaths, and in Adju- rations The fame Phraſe is ia Ruth 1, 175, Thus he adjures him to utter the whole truth, as was uſual among the Hebrews, as 1 Kings
22. 16, Matth. 26, 63.
Heb: 18 And Samue] told him + every whit, and hid no- ko on thing from him. And he faid, It » the LORD x: & words, Let him do what feemeth him good:
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» This ſevere Sentence 25 from the Soveraign LORD vf the Wo:1d,who hath an abfolute Power and Right ro diſpoſe of me and all his Crearures as he pleaſerhz to whyſe good pleaſure I therefore freely ſubmit : from Iſrael's GOD, who was known by this N2me of Jehovah, who is 1n a ſpecial manner the Ruler of the People of 1/rael, to whom it properly belongs to puniſh all mine offences; whoſe Chaſtiſement I therefore accepr. |
19 T And Samuel grew o, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words * fall to the * 1 Kings ground p: | | 8: 56
o As in Stature, ſo in Wiſdom and Piety, and GOD'S Favour, and
Reputation with the People. p i» e. Want its effe& or ſucceſs : GOD made good all his Prediftions* A Mzeraphor from Precious Liquors, which when they are ſpilt upon tie Ground, are a'together uteleſs and ineffetual. This Phraſe is oft uſed, as Joſh. 21. 45; Eſther 6. 10, Oc. wo
20 And all Iſrael, from Dan even to Beerſheba gq, knew 7 that Samuel was || eſtabliſhed to be a prophet of | Or, faith- the LORD, a