1 Samuel 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Yahweh Calls Samuel

Now the young^H5288 boy^H5288 Samuel^H8050 was ministering^H8334 to Yahweh^H3068 before^H6440 Eli^H5941. And word^H1697 from Yahweh^H3068 was rare^H3368 in those^H1992 days^H3117; [fn]visions^H2377 were^H6555 infrequent^H369^H6555.

1Sa 3:2

And it happened^H1961 at that time^H3117 as Eli^H5941 was lying^H7901 down^H7901 in his place^H4725 (now his eyesight^H5869 had begun^H2490 to fade^H3544, and he could^H3201 not see^H7200 well),

1Sa 3:3

1Sa 3:3and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God was,

1Sa 3:4

1Sa 3:4that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”

1Sa 3:5

1Sa 3:5Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.

1Sa 3:6

1Sa 3:6Then Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he [fn]answered, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”

1Sa 3:7

1Sa 3:7Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, nor had the word of Yahweh yet been revealed to him.

1Sa 3:8

1Sa 3:8So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy.

1Sa 3:9

1Sa 3:9And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for Your slave is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1Sa 3:10

Then Yahweh^H3068 came^H935 and stood^H3320 and called^H7121 as at other^H6471 times^H6471, “Samuel^H8050! Samuel^H8050!” And Samuel^H8050 said^H559, “Speak^H1696, for Your slave^H5650 is listening^H8085.”

1Sa 3:11

1Sa 3:11And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

1Sa 3:12

1Sa 3:12“In that day I will establish against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

1Sa 3:13

1Sa 3:13“And I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew because his sons have been bringing a curse on themselves, but he did not rebuke them.

1Sa 3:14

1Sa 3:14“Now 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.”

1Sa 3:15

So Samuel^H8050 lay^H7901 down^H7901 until^H5704 morning^H1242. Then he opened^H6605 the doors^H1817 of the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068. But Samuel^H8050 was^H3372 afraid^H3372 to tell^H5046 the vision^H4759 to Eli^H5941.

1Sa 3:16

1Sa 3:16Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

1Sa 3:17

1Sa 3:17And he said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

1Sa 3:18

1Sa 3:18So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes.”

1Sa 3:19

Thus Samuel^H8050 grew^H1431, and Yahweh^H3068 was with him and let none^H3808^H3605 of his words^H1697 fall^H5307 to the ground^H776.

1Sa 3:20

1Sa 3:20So all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh.

1Sa 3:21

1Sa 3:21And Yahweh appeared again at Shiloh, because Yahweh revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.

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(3:1)

Lit no vision spread abroad

(3:6)

Lit said

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