1 Samuel 3:16

Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, “Samuel, my son?” And responding, he said, “I am here.”

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In The King James Version

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

In Context

15Then Samuel slept until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

17And he questioned him: “What is the word that the Lord has spoken to you? I beg you that you may not conceal it from me. May God do these things to you, and may he add these other things, if you hide from me one word out of all the things that were told to you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:11And the Angel of God said to me in my sleep, ‘Jacob.’ And I responded, ‘Here I am.’

Ruth 2:8And Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen to me, daughter. Do not go to gather in any other field, nor depart from this place, but join with my young women,

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:12-19

Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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