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1 Samuel 3 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no [fn]distinct vision.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:4 - And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, here am I.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - And he ran to Heli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the Lord [fn]called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - And it was before Samuel knew the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I am here, for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as [fn]before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - And it shall not go on so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:15 - And Samuel [fn]slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell Heli the vision.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - And he said, What was the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and [fn]more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He is the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel was faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.
BES Footnotes
Lit. distinguishing.
Gr. added and called.
Gr. once and once.
Gr. sleeps or lies down.
Gr. add these things.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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