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Now Samuel didn`t yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
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Knowing vs. Knowing God's Voice
Commentators clarify that Samuel already knew and served God. The verse means he had not yet experienced God speaking directly to him through an audible voice or prophetic revelation. He knew about God but was now learning to recognize His personal call.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Did not yet know the Lord - that is, in His supernatural communication, as follows at the end of the verse. The rendering of this verse in t…
19th Century
Baptist
And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord.
There was the Beginning of the work of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord He knew that Jehovah, the God of Israel, was the true God; he had spiritual kno…
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The call that Divine grace intends to make effectual will be repeated until it succeeds, until we heed the call. Eli, perceiving that it was the vo…
