1 Samuel 3
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1And 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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2And 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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3And 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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4That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
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5And 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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6And 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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7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
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8And 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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9Therefore 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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10And 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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11And 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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12In 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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13For 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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14And 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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15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
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16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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17And 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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18And 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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19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
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20And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
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21And 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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Chapter 3
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:1
Amos 8:11¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the la...Psalms 74:9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us an...1 Samuel 3:21And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel i...1 Samuel 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD...1 Samuel 2:18¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen epho...
1 Samuel 3:2
1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not...Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he...Psalms 90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength...Genesis 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brough...Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall be...
1 Samuel 3:3
Exodus 27:20¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil o...Leviticus 24:2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten...Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell i...Psalms 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in...Psalms 29:9The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: an...
1 Samuel 3:4
Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unt...Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go f...1 Corinthians 12:6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh al...Exodus 3:4And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of th...Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name...
1 Samuel 3:6
2 Samuel 18:22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I p...1 Samuel 4:16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day...Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Je...Genesis 43:29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and s...
1 Samuel 3:7
1 Samuel 3:8
1 Samuel 3:9
Psalms 85:8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his peopl...Exodus 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God...Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go f...Acts 9:6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And th...Daniel 10:19And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, b...
1 Samuel 3:10
1 Samuel 3:11
Habakkuk 1:5¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will w...2 Kings 21:12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upo...Acts 13:41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a...Jeremiah 19:3And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jeru...Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are...
1 Samuel 3:12
1 Samuel 2:27¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,...Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should rep...Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did th...Joshua 23:15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, whic...Luke 21:33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
1 Samuel 3:13
Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that lo...Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.1 Samuel 2:12¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.1 Samuel 2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhor...Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he...
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:1
Amos 8:11¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the la...Psalms 74:9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us an...1 Samuel 3:21And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel i...1 Samuel 2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD...1 Samuel 2:18¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen epho...
1 Samuel 3:2
1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not...Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he...Psalms 90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength...Genesis 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brough...Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall be...
1 Samuel 3:3
Exodus 27:20¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil o...Leviticus 24:2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten...Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell i...Psalms 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in...Psalms 29:9The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: an...
1 Samuel 3:4
Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unt...Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go f...1 Corinthians 12:6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh al...Exodus 3:4And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of th...Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name...
1 Samuel 3:6
2 Samuel 18:22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I p...1 Samuel 4:16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day...Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Je...Genesis 43:29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and s...
1 Samuel 3:7
1 Samuel 3:8
1 Samuel 3:9
Psalms 85:8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his peopl...Exodus 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God...Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go f...Acts 9:6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And th...Daniel 10:19And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, b...
1 Samuel 3:10
1 Samuel 3:11
Habakkuk 1:5¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will w...2 Kings 21:12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upo...Acts 13:41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a...Jeremiah 19:3And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jeru...Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are...
1 Samuel 3:12
1 Samuel 2:27¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,...Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should rep...Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did th...Joshua 23:15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, whic...Luke 21:33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
1 Samuel 3:13
Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that lo...Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.1 Samuel 2:12¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.1 Samuel 2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhor...Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he...