1 Samuel 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems him good. Samuel, so adjured, "told him every whit, and hid nothing from him." How interesting it is to trace, at every stage of the history, the development of this holy child's character. He had been called to be a prophet, that is, an announcer of God's word and will to His people. And what are the leading qualifications for the office of a prophet? 1. That he should speak the whole truth fully and without reserve. 2. He must speak the truth in love. tie is not to speak harshly or bitterly, as if glorying in the prospect of sentence being executed, but tenderly, and in sympathy. What a good augury of his right discharge of the prophetical office — this fidelity combined with this sympathy! (Dean Goulburn.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. |
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