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1Samuel 3
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The Lord Appears to Samuel

3In those days, when the boy Samuel was serving the LORD under the direction of Eli, there were very few messages from the LORD, and visions from him were quite rare.H5288H8050H8334H3068H6440H5941H1697H3068H3368H3117H6555H2377
2One night Eli, who was now almost blind, was sleeping in his own room;H3117H5941H7901H4725H5869H2490H3544H3201H7200
3Samuel was sleeping in the sanctuary, where the sacred Covenant Box was. Before dawn, while the lamp was still burning,H5216H430H3518H1964H3068H727H430H8050H7901
4the LORD called Samuel. He answered, "Yes, sir!"H3068H7121H8050H559
5and ran to Eli and said, "You called me, and here I am." But Eli answered, "I didn't call you; go back to bed." So Samuel went back to bed.H7323H5941H559H2009H7121H559H7121H7901H7725H3212H7901
6The LORD called Samuel again. The boy did not know that it was the LORD, because the LORD had never spoken to him before.H3068H7121H3254H8050H8050H6965H3212H5941H559H7121H559H7121H1121H7901H7725
7So he got up, went to Eli, and said, "You called me, and here I am." But Eli answered, "My son, I didn't call you; go back to bed."H8050H2962H3045H3068H1697H3068H1540
8The LORD called Samuel a third time; he got up, went to Eli, and said, "You called me, and here I am." Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy,H3068H7121H8050H3254H7992H6965H3212H5941H559H7121H5941H995H3068H7121H5288
9so he said to him, "Go back to bed; and if he calls you again, say, 'Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went back to bed.H5941H559H8050H3212H7901H7121H559H1696H3068H5650H8085H8050H3212H7901H4725
10The LORD came and stood there, and called as he had before, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak; your servant is listening."H3068H935H3320H7121H6471H8050H8050H8050H559H1696H5650H8085
11The LORD said to him, "Some day I am going to do something to the people of Israel that is so terrible that everyone who hears about it will be stunned.H3068H559H8050H6213H1697H3478H8147H241H8085H6750
12On that day I will carry out all my threats against Eli's family, from beginning to end.H3117H6965H5941H1696H413H1004H2490H3615
13I have already told him that I am going to punish his family forever because his sons have spoken evil things against me. Eli knew they were doing this, but he did not stop them.H5046H8199H1004H5704H5769H5771H3045H1121H7043H3543
14So I solemnly declare to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever be able to remove the consequences of this terrible sin."H7650H1004H5941H5771H5941H1004H3722H2077H4503H5704H5769
15Samuel stayed in bed until morning; then he got up and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.H8050H7901H1242H6605H1817H1004H3068H8050H3372H5046H5941H4759
16Eli called him, "Samuel, my boy!" "Yes, sir," answered Samuel.H5941H7121H8050H559H8050H1121H559
17"What did the LORD tell you?" Eli asked. "Don't keep anything from me. God will punish you severely if you don't tell me everything he said."H559H1697H1696H3582H430H6213H3254H3582H1697H1697H1696
18So Samuel told him everything; he did not keep anything back. Eli said, "He is the LORD; he will do whatever seems best to him."H8050H5046H1697H3582H559H3068H6213H5869H2896
19As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him and made come true everything that Samuel said.H8050H1431H3068H1697H5307H776
20So all the people of Israel, from one end of the country to the other, knew that Samuel was indeed a prophet of the LORD.H3478H1835H884H3045H8050H539H5030H3068
21The LORD continued to reveal himself at Shiloh, where he had appeared to Samuel and had spoken to him. And when Samuel spoke, all Israel listened.H3068H7200H3254H7887H3068H1540H8050H7887H1697H3068


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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