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The Lord Calls Samuel
And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.
And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.
The LORD Speaks to Samuel
Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),
One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.
and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,
that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.
Suddenly the LORD called out, “Samuel!”
“Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”
“Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”
And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.
He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.
“I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.
And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.
Then the LORD called out again, “Samuel!”
Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”
Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”
Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.
Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before.
And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.
So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”
Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
And Eli said to 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.
So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.
God's Judgment against Eli
And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.
And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.
And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”
And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.
For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.
So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”
Samuel Shares his Vision
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.
And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.”
“Here I am,” Samuel replied.
“Here I am,” Samuel replied.
And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.
“What did the LORD say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!”
And Samuel told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.
So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the LORD’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”
And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.
And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.