1 Samuel 3:1

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The young boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; visions were not widespread.

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  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We no longer see our signs; there is no more prophet, and no one among us knows how long.
  • 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 'Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah, but the boy stayed to serve the LORD under the supervision of Eli the priest.'
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 'Behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord God, 'when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.' 12 They will wander from sea to sea and from north to east; they will roam about seeking the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel there through his word.
  • 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make people scarcer than fine gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

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

    2One day, Eli was lying in his usual place. His eyesight had begun to grow dim, so he could not see well.

    3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

    4Then the Lord called to Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am!"

    5Samuel ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So Samuel went and lay down again.

    6The Lord called Samuel again. Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call, my son. Go back and lie down."

    7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

    8The Lord called Samuel a third time, and he got up and went to Eli, saying, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

    9So Eli said to Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

    10The Lord came, stood there, and called as he had before: "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

    11The Lord said to Samuel, "Look, I am going to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to tremble.

  • 1 Sam 3:14-21
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    81%

    14Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.

    15Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

    16But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

    17Eli asked, "What was it that he said to you? Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you severely if you hide from me anything he told you."

    18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what he thinks is best."

    19Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.

    20All of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, recognized that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord.

    21The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel there through his word.

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

    17So the sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

    18But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

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

    11'Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah, but the boy stayed to serve the LORD under the supervision of Eli the priest.'

    12'The sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know the LORD.'

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

    26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with people.

    27Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your ancestors’ family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?’

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

    14Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news.

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

    16The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?'

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

    22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.

  • Judg 17:6
    69%

    6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
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    3Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

    10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    69%

    15Now the LORD had revealed to Samuel the day before Saul came,

  • Hos 3:4
    69%

    4For the children of Israel will live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

  • 1 Sam 1:12
    68%

    12As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.

  • Jer 1:4
    68%

    4The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    68%

    1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 9:9
    67%

    9(Formerly in Israel, when people went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go to the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    67%

    13So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israel's territory again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Jer 15:1
    67%

    1Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.'

  • 1 Sam 8:21
    67%

    21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them to the LORD.

  • Jer 3:16
    67%

    16And when you have multiplied and increased in the land in those days,' declares the LORD, 'people will no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It will not come to mind or be remembered, nor will it be missed or made again.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
    67%

    9Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

  • Jer 26:1
    67%

    1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

  • 1 Sam 1:22
    67%

    22Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, 'After the boy is weaned, I will take him to appear before the LORD, and he will remain there permanently.'

  • Joel 1:1
    66%

    1The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

  • 1 Sam 7:15
    66%

    15Samuel continued to judge Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    66%

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'