📖WEB · 1 Samuel 3:1
What does 1 Samuel 3:1 mean?
"The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There were not many visions, then."
— 1 Samuel 3:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There were not many visions, then.
At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple, where God’s ark was;
Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”
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