1 Samuel 3
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- And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before
Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open
vision.
- 2
- And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down
in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
- 3
- And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the
LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
- 4
- That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
- 5
- And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou
calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay
down.
- 6
- And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered,
I called not, my son; lie down again.
- 7
- Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the
word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
- 8
- And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he
arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli
perceived that the LORD had called the child.
- 9
- Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it
shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
- 10
- And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other
times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
- 11
- And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing
in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
- 12
- In that day I will perform against Eli all things which
I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
- 13
- For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever
for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and
he restrained them not.
- 14
- And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that
the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering
for ever.
- 15
- And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors
of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
- 16
- Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he
answered, Here am I.
- 17
- And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said
unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also,
if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
- 18
- And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from
him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
- 19
- And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let
none of his words fall to the ground.
- 20
- And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that
Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
- 21
- And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD
revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
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