1 Samuel 3:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
  • 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.

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  • 1 Sam 3:2-11
    10 verses
    83%

    2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

    3and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down [to sleep], in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;

    4that Jehovah called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.

    5And 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.

    6And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

    7Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.

    8And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah had called the child.

    9Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

    10And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

    11And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

  • 1 Sam 3:14-21
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    81%

    14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

    15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

    16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

    17And he said, What is the thing that [Jehovah] hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

    18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.

    19And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

    20And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.

    21And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.

  • 1 Sam 2:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

    18But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  • 1 Sam 2:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

    12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.

  • 1 Sam 2:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

    27And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house? [

  • 1 Sam 4:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli.

    15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.

    16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
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    72%

    21And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

    22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    72%

    20And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

  • Judg 17:6
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    6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
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    3And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

    10Then came the word of Jehovah unto Samuel, saying,

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    69%

    15Now Jehovah had revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,

  • Hos 3:4
    69%

    4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

  • 1 Sam 1:12
    68%

    12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

  • Jer 1:4
    68%

    4Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    68%

    1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 9:9
    67%

    9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    67%

    13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel: and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Jer 15:1
    67%

    1Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

  • Jer 3:16
    67%

    16And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
    67%

    9And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him.

  • Jer 26:1
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    1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,

  • 1 Sam 1:22
    67%

    22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

  • Joel 1:1
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    1The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

  • 1 Sam 7:15
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    15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
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    14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?