1 Samuel 3
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1And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days — there is no vision broken forth.
2And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim — he is not able to see.
3And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God [is],
4and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, ‘Here [am] I.’
5And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, ‘Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;’ and he saith, ‘I called not; turn back, lie down;’ and he goeth and lieth down.
6And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, ‘Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;’ and he saith, ‘I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.’
7And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.
8And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, ‘Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;’ and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth.
9And Eli saith to Samuel, ‘Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;’ and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place.
10And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, ‘Samuel, Samuel;’ and Samuel saith, ‘Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.’
11And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, ‘Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle.
12In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing;
13and I have declared to him that I am judging his house — to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,
14and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering — unto the age.’
15And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.
16And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, ‘Samuel, my son;’ and he saith, ‘Here [am] I.’
17And he saith, ‘What [is] the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.’
18And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, ‘It [is] Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.’
19And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;
20and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah.
21And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.
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1 Samuel 3
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Samuel’s Call
1The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence.#1Sm 2:11,18 In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.#Ps 74:9; Ezk 7:26; Am 8:11–12
2One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing,#1Sm 4:15 was lying in his usual place. 3Before the lamp of God had gone out,#Ex 27:20–21 Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was located.
4Then the Lord called Samuel,#3:4 DSS, LXX read called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he answered, “Here I am.” 5He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
“I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
6Once again the Lord called, “Samuel!”
Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
“I didn’t call, my son,” he replied. “Go back and lie down.”
7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, because the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy. 9He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, “Samuel, Samuel!”
Samuel responded, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
11The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to shudder.#3:11 Lit about it, his two ears will tingle; Hb obscure#2Kg 21:12; Jr 19:3 12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.#1Sm 2:27–36 13I told him that I am going to judge his family forever because of the iniquity he knows about: his sons are cursing God,#3:13 LXX, Old Lat; MT reads them and he has not stopped them.#Dt 17:12; 21:18 14Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”#Lv 15:31; Is 22:14
15Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”
“Here I am,” answered Samuel.
17“What was the message he gave you?” Eli asked. “Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that he told you.”#2Sm 3:35 18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli responded, “He is the Lord. Let him do what he thinks is good.”#Ex 34:5–7; Lv 10:3; Jb 2:10; Is 39:8
19Samuel grew.#1Sm 2:21 The Lord was with him,#Gn 21:22; 28:15 and he fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied.#3:19 Lit he let none of his words fall to the ground#1Sm 9:6 20All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a confirmed prophet of the Lord.#1Sm 2:35 21The Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel by his word.#1Sm 3:10
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