1 Samuel 3:10

10 Da kam der HERR und trat dahin und rief wie vormals: Samuel, Samuel! Und Samuel sprach: Rede, denn dein Knecht hört.

1 Samuel 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10

And the Lord came, and stood
At the place where Samuel lay; either there was, as Kimchi, a form before his eyes in the vision of prophecy, some visible corporeal shape assumed; or a bright splendour an illustrious appearance of the glory of God; or it may be rather the voice, which before seemed to be at some distance whereabout Eli lay; it now seemed nearer, and was as the voice of one just by him, that sounded in his ears:

and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel:
repeating his name, in order the more to excite his attention:

then Samuel answered, speak, for thy servant heareth;
he leaves out the word Lord, which Eli bid him use; for he might be afraid as yet to make mention of the name of the Lord in the vision of prophecy, as Kimchi speaks; or lest it should be the voice of another, as Jarchi; as yet he might not be quite certain whether it was the voice of the Lord, or the voice of a man; for that he should have any mistrust of its being the voice of a demon or spectre, there is no reason to believe.

1 Samuel 3:10 In-Context

8 Und der HERR rief Samuel wieder, zum drittenmal. Und er stand auf und ging zu Eli und sprach: Siehe, hier bin ich! du hast mich gerufen. Da merkte Eli, daß der HERR den Knaben rief,

9 und sprach zu ihm: Gehe wieder hin und lege dich schlafen; und so du gerufen wirst, so sprich: Rede, HERR, denn dein Knecht hört. Samuel ging hin und legte sich an seinen Ort. {~}

10 Da kam der HERR und trat dahin und rief wie vormals: Samuel, Samuel! Und Samuel sprach: Rede, denn dein Knecht hört.

11 Und der HERR sprach zu Samuel: Siehe, ich tue ein Ding in Israel, daß, wer das hören wird, dem werden seine beiden Ohren gellen. {~}

12 An dem Tage will ich erwecken über Eli, was ich wider sein Haus geredet habe; ich will's anfangen und vollenden. {~}