FIRST
SAMUEL
1 Samuel Chapter 3
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¶ Now the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before
Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; and a vision was
infrequent.
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And one day when Eli, whose eyesight had dimmed, so that he could not see, was
lying down in his own room;
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And before the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of
God was, Samuel was lying down to sleep;
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Then the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am
I.
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And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you
called me. And he said, I did not call; lie back down. And he went back
and lay down.
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And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel got up and went to Eli, and
said, Here am I; for you called me. And he
answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again.
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed
to him.
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And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he got up and went to Eli,
and said, Here am I; for you called me. And Eli
realized that the LORD had called the child.
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Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and if he calls you, you shall say,
Speak, LORD; for your servant is listening. So Samuel went and lay down in his
place.
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And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel.
Then Samuel answered, Speak; for your servant is listening.
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¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do something in
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On that day I will perform against Eli everything that I have said concerning
his house: when I begin, I will also finish it.
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For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever because of the
iniquity which he knows of; because his sons made themselves vile, and
he did not restrain them.
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Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house
will not be purged with sacrifice or offering forever.
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And Samuel lay until the morning, and then opened the doors of the house
of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
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Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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And he said, What is the thing that the LORD
has said to you? I pray you do not hide it from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide any thing from me of
all that he said to you.
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And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And Eli said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems good to him.
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¶ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did not let any of his words
fall to the ground.
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And all
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And the LORD continued to appear in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.