1 Samuel 3:10 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.

1 Samuel 3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

1 Samuel 3:11 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "yahweh", "came", "stood", "other", "times", and "samuel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Therefore Eli said to Samuel Go lie..." into verse 11's "Yahweh said to Samuel Behold I will...", so "called" and "yahweh" 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 "called" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.