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bes@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no (note:)Lit. distinguishing(:note) distinct vision.

bes@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

bes@1Samuel:3:3 @ And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.

bes@1Samuel:3:4 @ And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, here am I.

bes@1Samuel:3:5 @ And he ran to Heli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.

bes@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the Lord (note:)Gr. added and called(:note) called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.

bes@1Samuel:3:7 @ And it was before Samuel knew the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was revealed to him.

bes@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I am here, for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

bes@1Samuel:3:9 @ And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.

bes@1Samuel:3:10 @ And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as (note:)Gr. once and once(:note) before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.

bes@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.

bes@1Samuel:3:12 @ In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.

bes@1Samuel:3:13 @ And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.

bes@1Samuel:3:14 @ And it shall not go on so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.

bes@1Samuel:3:15 @ And Samuel (note:)Gr. sleeps or lies down(:note) slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell Heli the vision.

bes@1Samuel:3:16 @ And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.

bes@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What was the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and (note:)Gr. add these things(:note) more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.

bes@1Samuel:3:18 @ And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He is the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.

bes@1Samuel:3:19 @ And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.

bes@1Samuel:3:20 @ And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel was faithful as a prophet to the Lord.

bes@1Samuel:3:21 @ And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.

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