1Samuel:3
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 ;
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That the LORD called Samuel :
and he answered ,
Here am I .
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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 .
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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 .
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD ,
neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the LORD came ,
and stood ,
and called as at other times ,
Samuel ,
Samuel .
Then Samuel answered ,
Speak ;
for thy servant heareth .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Samuel lay until the morning ,
and opened the doors of the house of the LORD .
And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision .
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Then Eli called Samuel ,
and said ,
Samuel ,
my son .
And he answered ,
Here am I .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Samuel grew ,
and the LORD was with him ,
and did let none of his words fall to the ground .
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And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD .
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And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh :
for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD .