1 Samuel 3
The LORD Calls Samuel |
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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.
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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;
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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;
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that the LORD called
Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
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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.
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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.
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
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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.
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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.
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And the LORD came,
and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel
answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And Samuel lay until the morning, and
opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And
Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
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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 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.
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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.
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And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall
to the ground.
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And all Israel from Dan even to
Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a
prophet of the LORD.
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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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