The LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 3:10 in context
1 Samuel 3:7–13
7
Now Samuel didn’t yet know the LORD, neither was the LORD’s word yet revealed to him.
8
The LORD called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
9
Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, LORD; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10
Selected verse
The LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
11
The LORD said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
13
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
Continue with 1 Samuel 3
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open 1 Samuel 3