Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:18

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:18 - 2:18

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:18 - 2:18

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1Sa 2:18-26. Samuel’s ministry.

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child - This notice of his early services in the outer courts of the tabernacle was made to pave the way for the remarkable prophecy regarding the high priest’s family.

girded with a linen ephod - A small shoulder-garment or apron, used in the sacred service by the inferior priests and Levites; sometimes also by judges or eminent persons, and hence allowed to Samuel, who, though not a Levite, was devoted to God from his birth.