1 Samuel 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.

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  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
  • 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord. 12 And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And the Lord was seen again in Shiloh; for the Lord gave to Samuel in Shiloh the revelation of his word.
  • 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.

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  • 1 Sam 3:2-11
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    2And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)

    3And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

    4The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.

    5And running to Eli he said, Here am I, for you said my name. And Eli said, I did not say your name; go to your rest again. So he went back to his bed.

    6And again the Lord said, Samuel. And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. But he said in answer, I said nothing, my son; go to your rest again.

    7Now at that time Samuel had no knowledge of the Lord, and the revelation of the word of the Lord had not come to him.

    8And for the third time the Lord said Samuel's name. And he got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. Then it was clear to Eli that the voice which had said the child's name was the Lord's.

    9So Eli said to Samuel, Go back: and if the voice comes again, let your answer be, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open. So Samuel went back to his bed.

    10Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

    11And the Lord said to Samuel, See, I will do a thing in Israel at which the ears of everyone hearing of it will be burning.

  • 1 Sam 3:14-21
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    14So I have made an oath to the family of Eli that no offering of meat or of meal which they may make will ever take away the sin of his family.

    15And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

    16Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

    17And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.

    18Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.

    19And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.

    20And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.

    21And the Lord was seen again in Shiloh; for the Lord gave to Samuel in Shiloh the revelation of his word.

  • 1 Sam 2:17-18
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    17And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.

    18But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.

  • 1 Sam 2:11-12
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    11Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

    12Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 2:26-27
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    26And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.

    27And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?

  • 1 Sam 4:14-16
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    72%

    14And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

    15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.

    16And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
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    21And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young Samuel became older before the Lord.

    22Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
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    3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

  • Judg 17:6
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    6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
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    3Now this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then the Lord said to Samuel,

  • 1 Sam 9:15
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    15Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

  • Hos 3:4
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    4For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.

  • 1 Sam 1:12
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    12Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

  • Jer 1:4
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    4Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:1
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    1Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 9:9
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    9(In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)

  • 1 Sam 7:13
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    13So the Philistines were overcome, and did not come into the country of Israel again: and all the days of Samuel the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

  • Jer 15:1
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    1Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

  • Jer 3:16
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    16And it will come about, when your numbers are increased in the land, in those days, says the Lord, that they will no longer say, The ark of the agreement of the Lord: it will not come into their minds, they will not have any memory of it, or be conscious of the loss of it, and it will not be made again.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
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    9And Samuel took a young lamb, offering all of it as a burned offering to the Lord; and Samuel made prayers to the Lord for Israel and the Lord gave him an answer.

  • Jer 26:1
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    1When Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, first became king, this word came from the Lord, saying,

  • 1 Sam 1:22
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    22But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

  • Joel 1:1
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    1The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

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

  • 1 Sam 15:14
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    14And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?