📖WEB · 1 Samuel 3:5
What does 1 Samuel 3:5 mean?
"He ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down."
— 1 Samuel 3:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.”
He ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.
Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.
Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
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