09_1SA_03_01 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.
09_1SA_03_02 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;
09_1SA_03_03 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];
09_1SA_03_04 that the LORD called Samuel: And he answered, here [ am] I.
09_1SA_03_05 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.
09_1SA_03_06 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.
09_1SA_03_07 now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
09_1SA_03_08 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.
09_1SA_03_09 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.
09_1SA_03_10 And the LORD came, And stood, And called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, speak; for thy servant heareth.
09_1SA_03_11 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.
09_1SA_03_12 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.
09_1SA_03_13 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.
09_1SA_03_14 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.
09_1SA_03_15 And Samuel lay until the morning, And opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
09_1SA_03_16 Then Eli called Samuel, And said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, here [ am] I.
09_1SA_03_17 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.
09_1SA_03_18 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.
09_1SA_03_19 And Samuel grew, And the LORD was with him, And did let none of his words fall to the ground.
09_1SA_03_20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [ was] established [ to be] A prophet of the LORD.
09_1SA_03_21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.