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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 3</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//1_samuel/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_samuel/">1 Samuel</a> > 1 Samuel 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/2.htm" title="1 Samuel 2">◄</a> 1 Samuel 3 <a href="../1_samuel/4.htm" title="1 Samuel 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/1_samuel/3.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/3.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/3.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/3.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/3.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/3.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/3.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The LORD Calls Samuel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. <p class="reg"> Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” <p class="reg">“I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” <p class="reg"> So he went and lay down. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” <p class="reg"> So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” <p class="reg">“My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” <p class="reg"> Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <p class="reg"> So Samuel went and lay down in his place. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” <p class="reg"> And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and he did not restrain them. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Samuel Shares the Vision<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” <p class="reg">“Here I am,” answered Samuel. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.” <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. <p class="reg">“He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.” <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>made themselves contemptible</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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