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1 Samuel 3:5-15

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5 and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down.
6 And the LORD called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the young man.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 And the LORD came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears."
11 Then the LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel 1at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli 2all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
13 3And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, 4because his sons were blaspheming God,[a]5and he did not restrain them.
14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli 6that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever."
15 Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
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1 Samuel 3:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 3

This chapter gives an account of the Lord's calling to Samuel in the night season, which he first took for the voice of Eli, but being instructed by him, made answer to the voice, 1Sa 3:1-10, and of a message sent from him by Samuel to Eli, foretelling the destruction of his family, 1Sa 3:11-14 and of the delivery of it to him, which Samuel was first fearful of doing, but, encouraged by Eli, he delivered it to him, to which he patiently submitted, 1Sa 3:15-18 and the chapter is closed with the establishment of Samuel as a prophet of the Lord, who continued to appear and reveal himself to him, 1Sa 3:19-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

  • 1. 2 Kings 21:12; Jeremiah 19:3
  • 2. See 1 Samuel 2:30-36
  • 3. [See ver. 12 above]
  • 4. 1 Samuel 2:12, 17, 22
  • 5. 1 Samuel 2:23-25
  • 6. [Isaiah 22:14]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or blaspheming for themselves
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.