King James Version
1 Samuel 2:26 in the King James Version says “And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.”
1 Samuel 2:26 · KJV
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress. transgress: or, cry out
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“and was in favour”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“both with the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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