1 Samuel 3:16 (WEB)

Passage

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”

1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:17 He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”

1 Samuel 3:18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "Samuel lay until the morning and opened..." into verse 17's "He said What is the thing that...", so "called" and "samuel" 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 "samuel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.