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1 Samuel 3:6

1 Samuel 3:6
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord called yet again, Samuel,.... Called him a second time by his name, with a like audible voice as before:

and Samuel arose, and went to Eli; did not run as before, being perhaps more…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 3:1-10

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

thou didst call me Simply, thou calledst, as in 1Sa 3:3, and again in 1Sa 3:3. There is no additional emphasis in the original.

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