1 Samuel 3:5 meaning and explanation

He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Samuel is a boy serving at the tabernacle in Shiloh under the aging priest Eli. The chapter opens by noting that the word of the LORD was rare in those days, so a voice calling in the night was not something Samuel expected.

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