1 Samuel 3:16

And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And Samuel + 3:15 Gr. sleeps or lies down.slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell Heli the vision.

17And he said, What was the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and + 3:17 Gr. add these things.more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:11And the angel of God said to me + 31:11 Lit. in sleep.in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?

Ruth 2:8And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.

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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