Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 3:8

8 Yēhéhuá dì sān cì hūhuàn Sǎmǔĕr . Sǎmǔĕr qǐlai , dào Yǐlì nàli , shuō , nǐ yòu hūhuàn wǒ . wǒ zaì zhèlǐ . Yǐlì cái míngbai shì Yēhéhuá hūhuàn tóngzǐ .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 3:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 3:8

And the Lord called Samuel again the third time
In the same manner he had done before, expressing his name no doubt:

and he arose and went to Eli, and said, here am I, for thou didst call
me;
as if he should say, it must certainly be so, I cannot be mistaken a third time:

and Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child;
he was satisfied now that Samuel must have heard a voice, and he knew there was no man in the tabernacle but himself, and therefore it must be the voice of the Lord out of the most holy place; and he had formerly been acquainted with such voices, and used to them, and now called them to mind; and besides, as Aben Ezra observes, he was the rather confirmed in this, that the Lord called Samuel, because Samuel heard the voice, and not Eli, though Eli lay nearer the most holy place than Samuel did; which showed that this must be the voice of prophecy the Lord makes whom he pleases to hear; and that Eli might be fully persuaded of this, before the matter of the prophecy was delivered to him, Samuel was so often directed to him.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 3:8 In-Context

6 Yēhéhuá yòu hūhuàn Sǎmǔĕr . Sǎmǔĕr qǐlai , dào Yǐlì nàli , shuō , nǐ hūhuàn wǒ . wǒ zaì zhèlǐ . Yǐlì huídá shuō , wǒde ér , wǒ méiyǒu hūhuàn nǐ , nǐ qù shuì ba .

7 Nàshí Sǎmǔĕr hái wèi rènshi Yēhéhuá , yĕ wèi dé Yēhéhuá de mò shì .

8 Yēhéhuá dì sān cì hūhuàn Sǎmǔĕr . Sǎmǔĕr qǐlai , dào Yǐlì nàli , shuō , nǐ yòu hūhuàn wǒ . wǒ zaì zhèlǐ . Yǐlì cái míngbai shì Yēhéhuá hūhuàn tóngzǐ .

9 Yīncǐ Yǐlì duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , nǐ réng qù shuì ba . ruò zaì hūhuàn nǐ , nǐ jiù shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qǐng shuō , púrén jìng tīng . Sǎmǔĕr jiù qù , réng shuì zaì yuán chù .

10 Yēhéhuá yòu lái zhàn zhe , xiàng qián sān cì hūhuàn shuō , Sǎmǔĕr a . Sǎmǔĕr a . Sǎmǔĕr huídá shuō , qǐng shuō , púrén jìng tīng .