1 Samuel 3:4

4 Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, "Here I am!"

1 Samuel 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 3:4

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 to declare the place where he was, but to express his readiness and cheerfulness to do any thing that was required of him.

1 Samuel 3:4 In-Context

2 {And then} one day when Eli was lying in his place (now his eyes had begun [to grow] weak so that he was not able to see)

3 and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, Samuel was lying in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God [was].

4 Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, "Here I am!"

5 And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." But he said, "I did not call [you]. Go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.

6 And Yahweh called Samuel again, so Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." And he said, "I did not call you, my son. Go back [and] lie down."