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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
And the boy
Samuel ministered to
the
LORD
before Eli. Now
in
those
days
the word of the
LORD
was rare
and
visions
were
scarce
.
And the child
Samuel ministered unto
Jehovah
before Eli. And
the word of Jehovah
was precious
in
those
days;
there
was
no
frequent
vision
.
And at that time Eli
, whose
eyesight
had grown
so
dim that he could not see, was
lying
in
his
room.
And it
came
to
pass
at that time, when
Eli
was
laid
down
in
his
place
(now
his
eyes
had begun
to
wax
dim ,
so
that he could not see )
,
Before
the lamp of God had
gone out, Samuel was lying
down in the temple of the
LORD
, where the ark of God was located.
and
the lamp of God was
not
yet
gone out, and
Samuel was laid
down `to
sleep',
in the temple of Jehovah
, where the ark of God was ;
Then
the
LORD
called to
Samuel ,
and he answered
, “
Here I
am. ”
that
Jehovah
called Samuel ;
and he said
, Here am I
.
He ran to
Eli and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
“
I did
not call,”
Eli
replied.
“Go
back
and
lie down. ”
So
he went and lay down.
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.
Once
again
the
LORD
called, “
Samuel !”
So
Samuel got
up,
went to Eli, and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
“My
son
, I did
not call
, ”
Eli
replied.
“Go
back
and
lie down. ”
And
Jehovah
called yet
again
, Samuel .
And
Samuel arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou
calledst
me. And
he
answered
, I called
not, my
son;
lie down again
.
Now Samuel did not yet know the
LORD
, because
the word of the
LORD
had
not
yet been
revealed to
him.
Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah
, neither
was
the word of Jehovah
yet revealed unto
him.
Once
again ,
for
the third time ,
the
LORD
called
to
Samuel
. He got
up,
went to Eli, and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
Then
Eli realized
that it
was
the
LORD
who
was
calling
the boy
.
And
Jehovah
called
Samuel
again the third time. And
he arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou
calledst
me. And
Eli perceived
that Jehovah
had
called
the child
.
“Go
and
lie
down,”
he
said to
Samuel, “
and if He calls
you
, say, ‘
Speak, LORD,
for Your
servant is
listening
. ’”
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Therefore
Eli
said unto
Samuel, Go,
lie
down:
and it
shall
be,
if he call
thee
, that
thou
shalt
say, Speak, Jehovah;
for thy
servant heareth
. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Then
the
LORD
came and stood there
, calling
as before
, “
Samuel !
Samuel !”
And
Samuel answered
, “
Speak ,
for Your
servant is
listening
. ”
And
Jehovah
came ,
and stood, and
called
as at
other
times
, Samuel ,
Samuel .
Then
Samuel said
, Speak ;
for thy
servant heareth
.
Then
the
LORD
said to Samuel, “
I am
about
to
do something
in Israel at which the ears of all
who
hear
it will
tingle.
And
Jehovah
said to Samuel, Behold,
I will
do a
thing
in Israel ,
at which both
the ears of every
one
that
heareth
it shall
tingle.
On
that day I will carry
out
against Eli everything
I have spoken about
his family
, from beginning to
end.
In
that day I will perform
against Eli all
that
I have spoken concerning
his house
, from the
beginning even
unto
the
end.
I told him that I would
judge his house forever
for the iniquity of
which he knows
, because his sons blasphemed
God
and he did
not
restrain
them.
For
I have
told him that I will
judge his house for ever,
for
the iniquity which he knew
, because his sons did
bring
a
curse
upon
themselves,
and he restrained
them not
.
Therefore I have sworn to
the house of Eli, ‘
The iniquity of Eli’s
house shall never
be atoned
for
by
sacrifice or
offering. ’”
And
therefore I have sworn unto
the house of Eli, that
the iniquity of Eli's
house shall not
be expiated
with
sacrifice nor
offering for
ever
.
Samuel lay down
until the morning ;
then
he
opened the doors of the house of the
LORD
. He
was
afraid
to tell
Eli the vision ,
And
Samuel lay until the morning ,
and
opened the doors of the house of Jehovah
. And
Samuel
feared
to show
Eli the vision .
but
Eli called to
him
and said, “
Samuel, my son. ”
“
Here I
am ,”
answered
Samuel
.
Then
Eli called Samuel,
and said, Samuel, my son. And
he
said,
Here am I
.
“
What was
the message
He
gave
you
? ”
Eli
asked.
“Do
not
hide it from me .
May
God punish
you
, and ever
so
severely
, if you
hide from me anything
He said
to
you
. ”
And
he
said,
What is
the thing
that
`Jehovah'
hath
spoken
unto
thee
? I
pray
thee,
hide it not
from me :
God do
so
to
thee
, and more
also
, if thou
hide anything
from me of
all
the
things
that
he spake
unto
thee
.
So
Samuel told him everything
and did
not
hide
a
thing
from him. “
He is
the
LORD
, ”
replied
Eli.
“
Let Him do what is
good in
His
eyes
. ”
And
Samuel told him every
whit,
and hid
nothing
from him. And
he said
, It
is
Jehovah:
let him do what seemeth
him
good.
And Samuel grew, and the
LORD
was with him, and He
let none of Samuel’s
words fall to the ground.
And Samuel grew, and Jehovah
was with him, and did
let none of his
words fall to the ground.
So
all Israel from Dan to Beersheba
knew that Samuel was confirmed
as
a prophet of the
LORD
.
And
all Israel from Dan even
to Beer-sheba
knew that Samuel was established
to
be
a prophet of Jehovah
.
And the
LORD
continued
to
appear
at
Shiloh ,
because
there
He
revealed Himself to Samuel by His
word.
And Jehovah
appeared
again
in
Shiloh ;
for
Jehovah
revealed himself to Samuel in
Shiloh
by the
word of
Jehovah
.
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