1 Samuel 2:18 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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ASV

But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

WEB

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

YLT

And Samuel is ministering in the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt with an ephod of linen;

DBT

And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Exodus 28:4
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
1 Samuel 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

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Ministered - That is, performed his ministration carefully and faithfully. Before the Lord - In God's tabernacle. Ephod - A garment used in God's service, and allowed not only to the inferior priests and Levites but also to eminent persons of the people, and therefore to Samuel, who, though no Levite, was a Nazarite, from his birth.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Throne - That is, a glorious throne or kingdom. Pillars - The foundations of the earth, which God created, and upholds, and wherewith he sustains the earth, and all its inhabitants, as a house is supported with pillars; and therefore it is not strange if he disposeth of persons and things therein as he pleaseth.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

) according as his capacity was. He learned his catechism and was constant to his devotions, soon learned to read, and took a pleasure in the book of the law, and thus he ministered to the Lord. He ministered before Eli, that is, under his inspection, and as he ordered him, not before Eli's sons; all parties were agreed that they were unfit to be his tutors.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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