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