1Sa 3:1 | TNotes | STEP | 3:1 messages ... were very rare ... visions were quite uncommon: God was not disclosing his will through prophets or priests, so the period was spiritually dark. However, that darkness was about to end when God communicated with Samuel (3:2

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‏ 1 Samuel 3:1

3:1 ^a messages ... were very rare ... visions were quite uncommon: God was not disclosing his will through prophets or priests, so the period was spiritually dark. However, that darkness was about to end when God communicated with Samuel (3:2–4:1a ^b).