1 Samuele 3:2

La Nuova Diodati

In quel tempo, Eli era coricato nel suo solito posto (ora la sua vista aveva cominciato ad offuscarsi ed egli non poteva vedere).

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
In quel medesimo tempo, Eli, la cui vista cominciava a intorbidarsi in guisa ch’egli non ci poteva vedere, se ne stava un giorno coricato nel suo luogo consueto;

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Ed avvenne in quel giorno, che Eli, la cui vista cominciava a scemare, talchè egli non poteva più vedere, giacendo nel suo luogo;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his eyes: 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 4:15, Genesis 27:1, Genesis 48:19, Psalms 90:10, Ecclesiastes 12:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:10 - the eyes 1 Kings 14:4 - for his eyes Ecclesiastes 12:2 - the sun

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass at that time,.... When the word of the Lord was scarce and precious, and there was no open vision; or, as Ben Gersom, the same day the man of God came to Eli at night, the following affair happened:

when Eli was laid down in his place; on his bed to sleep, in one of the chambers or apartments of the tabernacle; for as there were such in the temple for the priests, so in that:

and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; to help himself to anything he might want when in bed; which seems to be the reason Samuel lay near him, and why, when he heard his voice, he immediately ran to him, supposing he needed his assistance. Some, as Kimchi and others, understand this not of the eyes of his body, but of his mind; and that the Holy Spirit, as a spirit of prophecy, was departing from him, because of his connivance at the sins of his sons; and so the following prophecy came not to him, but to Samuel.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passage should be rendered thus: “And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes had begun to grow dim; he could not see. And the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was; and the Lord called Samuel, etc.” Eli’s old age and dimness of sight is probably mentioned as the reason why Samuel thought Eli had called him. Being a blind and feeble old man, he was likely to do so if he wanted anything, either for himself, or for the service of the temple.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:2. Eli was laid down in his place — It is very likely that as the ark was a long time at Shiloh, they had built near to it certain apartments for the high priest and others more immediately employed about the tabernacle. In one of these, near to that of Eli, perhaps under the same roof, Samuel lay when he was called by the Lord.