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Gill's Exposition
That the Lord called Samuel,.... By a voice which came forth from the most holy place, from between the cherubim, the seat of the divine Majesty:
and he answered, here am I; which was not intended…
Adam Clarke
The Lord called Samuel - The voice probably came from the holy place, near to which Eli and Samuel were both lying.
To make way for the account of God's revealing himself first to Samuel, we are here told, 1. How industrious Samuel was in serving God, according as his place and capacity were (Sa1 3:1): The child…
Cambridge Bible
Here am I Heb. Behold me, the regular formula for expressing attention to a call and readiness to obey. Cp. Gen 22:1; Isa 6:8.
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