Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
⛓ Read 1 Samuel 3 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Samuel, Samuel' — the doubled name by which the LORD summons the boy Samuel to prophetic service reinforces the call-form behind 'Saul, Saul,' another reluctant or unwitting hearer drafted into divine commission.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Samuel, Samuel' — doubled-name nocturnal call of the prophet who must learn the LORD's identity ('Speak, for your servant hears') just as Paul asks 'Who are you, Lord?' Reinforces the recurrence of the call-form.
Medium confidence