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Was Samuel commissioned at twelve according to the SDA?

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As I was going through the book of Samuel I came across an interesting comment from EGW concerning the commissioning of Samuel. According to the comment below Samuel was commissioned at twelve years "4. Samuel Commissioned When Twelve Years Old.--When but twelve years old, the son of Hannah received his special commission from the Most High (ST Dec. 15, 1881). {2BC 1010.6}" In the biblical narrative, we are first told that after the child had been weaned he was taken to Shiloh KJV 1 Samuel 1:24 >***And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her*** with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. Then after he had been weaned we are told that he continued to minister as a child before God. KJV 1 Samuel 2:18 >But Samuel ministered before the LORD, ***being a child***, girded with a linen ephod. Then the Lord finally appeared to him and commissioned him but we are told how old he was by then. KJV 1 Samuel 3:21 >And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. How does the SDA understand that he was twelve when commissioned?
Asked by collen ndhlovu (537 rep)
Nov 1, 2021, 05:34 PM
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