1SA 3:2 Incomplete sentence

bobj commented

2021-12-28 18:11:07 +00:00

\v 1 The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision.
\v 2 At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.
\v 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was.

ISSUE: Verse 2 is incomplete as written. It was originally connected to verse 3.

SUGGESTION: Delete the word "when" to make the verse read:

\v 2 At that time, Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.

\v 1 The child Samuel served Yahweh under Eli. Yahweh's word was rare in those days; there was no frequent prophetic vision. \v 2 At that time, when Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed. \v 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was. ISSUE: Verse 2 is incomplete as written. It was originally connected to verse 3. SUGGESTION: Delete the word "when" to make the verse read: \v 2 At that time, Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see well, was lying down in his own bed.

SusanQuigley commented

2021-12-28 18:35:07 +00:00

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I made that change. John, are you ok with this?

What would you think of deleting the comma after "At that time"?

Grammarly says this:
When an introductory prepositional phrase is very short (less than four words), the comma is usually optional.

TN does not need to be changed. It only has this:
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I made that change. John, are you ok with this? What would you think of deleting the comma after "At that time"? Grammarly says this: When an introductory prepositional phrase is very short (less than four words), the comma is usually optional. TN does not need to be changed. It only has this: **General Information:** This page has intentionally been left blank.