1 Samuel 3:10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." (NASB ©1995)1 Samuel 3:9 And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1 Samuel 3:11 The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.the Lord came. This seems to imply a visible appearance, as well as an audible voice. as at other 1Sa 3:4-6,8 Samuel did not now rise and run as before, when thought Eli called, but lay still and listened. All must be silent, when God speaks, Observe, however, Samuel in his reply left out one word: he did not say, Speak, Lord, but only Speak, for thy servant heareth; perhaps, as Bp. Patrick suggests, out of uncertainty, whether it was God that spake to him or not. However, by this answer way was made for the massage he now to receive, and Samuel was brought acquainted with the words of God and visions of the Almighty Concordance Entries Calleth Calling Ears Forth Heareth Hearing Hears Listening Open Samuel Servant Speak Stationeth Stood Jump to Previous Occurrence Ears Heareth Hearing Hears Listening Open Samuel Servant Speak Stationeth Stood Time Times Jump to Next Occurrence Ears Heareth Hearing Hears Listening Open Samuel Servant Speak Stationeth Stood Time Times New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
