and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am! For you called me.” And he said, “I did not call, my son. Go back and lie down.” 7 — Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him — 6–7 Malamat notes a case of a divine manifestation in Mari where the same dream recurred on two successive nights to an inexperienced boy.16 Samuel did not yet know the Lord suggests that Samuel did not yet have the intimate knowledge of personal relationship with the Lord,
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