1 Samuel 3:5 (DRB)

Passage

And he ran to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. He said: I did not call: go back and sleep. And he went and slept.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:3 Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

1 Samuel 3:4 And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I.

1 Samuel 3:5 And he ran to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. He said: I did not call: go back and sleep. And he went and slept.

1 Samuel 3:6 And the Lord called Samuel again. And Samuel arose and went to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou calledst me. He answered: I did not call thee, my son: return and sleep.

1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heli", "said", "here", "thou", "didst", and "call". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heli" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And the Lord called Samuel And he..." into verse 6's "And the Lord called Samuel again And...", so "heli" and "said" 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 "heli" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.