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The
Prophetic Call to Samuel |
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| 1 Samuel 3:1 |
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Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD
before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:2 |
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It happened at that time as Eli was lying down
in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), |
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| 1 Samuel 3:3 |
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and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and
Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was, |
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| 1 Samuel 3:4 |
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that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here
I am." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:5 |
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Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for
you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and
lay down. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:6 |
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The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel
arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered,
"I did not call, my son, lie down again." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:7 |
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had
the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:8 |
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So the LORD called Samuel again for the third
time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then
Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:9 |
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And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it
shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is
listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:10 |
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Then the LORD came and stood and called as at
other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:11 |
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The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about
to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:12 |
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In that day I will carry out against Eli all
that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:13 |
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For I have told him that I am about to judge
his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse
on themselves and he did not rebuke them. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:14 |
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Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that
the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:15 |
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So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened
the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to
Eli. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:16 |
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Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my
son." And he said, "Here I am." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:17 |
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He said, "What is the word that He spoke to
you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you
hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:18 |
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So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing
from him. And he said, "It is the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him." |
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| 1 Samuel 3:19 |
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Thus Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and
let none of his words fail. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:20 |
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All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that
Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. |
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| 1 Samuel 3:21 |
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And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, because
the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD. |
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