Bible Strands
1 Samuel 3:12
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Samuel at the sanctuary, immediately after warning him of a coming judgment that will shock all who hear it.
The words — The Hebrew verb אָקִים ('a.Kim) literally means "I will raise up" or "establish," but here denotes the execution of a judicial pronouncement. The phrase בַּיּוֹם הַהּוּא (ba/i.Yom, ha./Hu') specifies that this decree will be fulfilled at a precise, decisive moment.
The thread — This declaration aligns with the principle that God’s speech guarantees action in Numbers 23:19 and the guaranteed fulfillment of His promises in Joshua 23:15. It also completes the earlier warning delivered by a man of God to Eli in 1 Samuel 2:27.
Why it lands — The text establishes that divine warning is a binding commitment, not a threat to be ignored. It requires the reader to treat God’s spoken word as a fixed reality that will be executed completely against those who persist in rebellion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 2:27 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
- Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Joshua 23:15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
- Zechariah 1:6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
- Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.