1SA-3:1  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.

1SA-3:2  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;

1SA-3:3  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];

1SA-3:4  That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am]

I.

1SA-3:5  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.

1SA-3:6  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.

1SA-3:7  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the

word

of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

1SA-3:8  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.

1SA-3:9  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.

1SA-3:10  And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other

times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy

servant

heareth.

1SA-3:11  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.

1SA-3:12  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.

1SA-3:13  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.

1SA-3:14  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.

1SA-3:15  And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors

of

the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

1SA-3:16  Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And

he

answered, Here [am] I.

1SA-3:17  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.

1SA-3:18  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.

1SA-3:19  And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let

none of his words fall to the ground.

1SA-3:20  And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that

Samuel

[was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.

1SA-3:21  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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