1 Samuel 3:15 (DBY)

Passage

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:13 For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

1 Samuel 3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

1 Samuel 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.

1 Samuel 3:16 And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

1 Samuel 3:17 And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samuel", "until", "morning", "opened", "doors", "house", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samuel" and "until", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And therefore I have sworn unto the..." into verse 16's "And Eli called Samuel and said Samuel...", so "samuel" and "until" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "samuel" and "until" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.