Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, go, lie down,.... Once more:
and it shall be, if he call thee; the voice, or the Lord by it:
that thou shalt say, speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth; his meaning…
Adam Clarke
Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth - This was the usual way in which the prophets spoke, when they had intimations that the Lord was about to make some especial revelation.
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…
1Sa 3:1-10. The Call of Samuel
1. the child Samuel According to Josephus, Samuel had just completed his twelfth year when the word of Jehovah came to him. In later times this age was a critical point…
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