1 Samuel - 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.

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;

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;

4 - That the LORD called Samuel - : and he answered, Here am I.

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.

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.

7 - Now Samuel - did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

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.

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.

10 - And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel - , Samuel - . Then Samuel - answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

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.

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.

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.

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.

15 - And Samuel - lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel - feared to shew Eli the vision.

16 - Then Eli called Samuel - , and said, Samuel - , my son. And he answered, Here am I.

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.

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.

19 - And Samuel - grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

20 - And all Israel - from Dan - even to Beersheba - knew that Samuel - was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

21 - And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel - in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.