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that the LORD called Samuel .
And he answered , "
Here I am !"
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So he ran to Eli and said , "
Here I am ,
for you called me ."
And he said , "
I did not call ;
lie down again ."
And he went and lay down .
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Then the LORD called yet again , "
Samuel !"
So Samuel arose and went to Eli ,
and said , "
Here I am ,
for you called me ."
He answered , "
I did not call ,
my son ;
lie down again ."
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD ,
nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him .)
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And the LORD called Samuel again the third time .
So he arose and went to Eli ,
and said , "
Here I am ,
for you did call me ."
Then Eli perceived that the LORD had called the boy .
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Therefore Eli said to Samuel , "
Go ,
lie down ;
and it shall be ,
if He calls you ,
that you must say , "
Speak ,
LORD ,
for Your servant hears ."'
So Samuel went and lay down in his place .
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Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times , "
Samuel !
Samuel !"
And Samuel answered , "
Speak ,
for Your servant hears ."
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Then the LORD said to Samuel : "
Behold ,
I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle .
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In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house ,
from beginning to end .
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For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows ,
because his sons made themselves vile ,
and he did not restrain them .
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And 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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So Samuel lay down until morning ,
and opened the doors of the house of the LORD .
And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision .
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Then Eli called Samuel and said , "
Samuel ,
my son !"
He answered , "
Here I am ."
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And he said , "
What is the word that the LORD spoke to you ?
Please do not hide it from me .
God do so to you ,
and more also ,
if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you ."
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Then 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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So Samuel grew ,
and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground .
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And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the LORD .
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Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh .
For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD .