Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
Ver. 7. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord,] i.e., He knew him not in that way peculiar to prophets: for otherwise he knew the Lord a far deal better than Eli's two sons did, 1Sa 2:12 and yet he and they had all one tutor. But he hath his chair in heaven who teacheth the heart, saith a father.