1 Samuel 3:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And as at that tyme Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dymme that he coulde not see.

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  • 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Eli was 98 yeres olde, & his sight failed, him that he could not see.
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 And it came to passe, that whe Isahac waxed olde, & his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest sonne, & saide vnto hym, my sonne? And he sayde vnto hym: here am I.
  • Gen 48:10 : 10 (And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so that he coulde not well see) And he brought them to hym, and he kyssed them, and imbraced them.
  • Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father would not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, he shalbe also a people, and shalbe great: But his younger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall become a great people.
  • 1 Sam 2:22 : 22 Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel, & how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it.
  • Eccl 12:3 : 3 When the kepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bowe them selues, when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe, and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme:

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  • 1 Sam 4:13-16
    4 verses
    85%

    13And when he came, lo, Eli sat vpon a stoole by the way side, wayting: for his heart feared for the arke of God. And when the man came into the citie, and tolde it, all the citie cryed.

    14And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying, he saide: What meaneth this noyse of the tumult? And the man came in hastyly, and tolde Eli.

    15Eli was 98 yeres olde, & his sight failed, him that he could not see.

    16And the man said vnto Eli: I am he that came out of the armie, & fled this day out of the hoast. And he said: What thing is done my sonne?

  • 1 Sam 3:3-17
    15 verses
    83%

    3And yet the lampe of God went out, Samuel layde hym downe to sleepe in the temple of the Lord, where the arke of God was.

    4And the Lorde called Samuel. And he aunswered, I am here.

    5And he ran vnto Eli, and sayde: Here am I, for thou calledst me. And he said, I called thee not, go againe and sleepe. And he went, and layde hym downe to sleepe.

    6And the Lorde called once againe, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and sayde: I am here, for thou diddest call me. And he aunswered: I called thee not my sonne, go againe and sleepe.

    7Samuel knewe not yet the Lorde, neither was the worde of the Lorde yet opened vnto hym.

    8And the Lorde went to, and called Samuel the thirde tyme. And he arose and went to Eli, and saide: I am here, for thou hast called me. And Eli perceaued that the Lord had called the childe.

    9Therefore Eli sayde vnto Samuel: Go and sleepe, and yf he call thee, then say: Speake Lorde, for thy seruaunt heareth thee. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.

    10And the Lorde came, and stoode and called as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel aunswered: Speake, for thy seruaunt heareth.

    11And the Lorde saide to Samuel: Beholde, I wyll do a thing in Israel, that both the eares of as many as heareth it shall tyngle.

    12In that day, I wyll rayse vp against Eli all thynges whiche I haue spoken concernyng his house: when I begyn, I wyll also make an ende.

    13I haue tolde hym that I wyll iudge his house for euer, for the wickednesse which he knoweth: For whe the people cursed his sonnes for ye same wickednesse he hath not corrected them.

    14And therfore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednesse of Elies house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offeryng for euer.

    15Samuel slept vntyl the mornyng, and opened the doores of the house of the Lorde: and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision.

    16Then Eli called Samuel, and sayde: Samuel, my sonne. And he aunswered: Here am I.

    17He saide: What is that the Lord hath saide vnto thee? I pray thee hyde it not from me: God do so to thee, & more also, if thou hyde any thyng from me of all that he sayde vnto thee.

  • 1 Sam 3:1
    83%

    1And the chylde Samuel ministred vnto the Lorde before Eli, and the worde of the Lord was precious in those dayes, neither was there any open vision.

  • 1 Sam 2:20-23
    4 verses
    73%

    20And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife, and said: The Lorde geue thee seede of this woman, for the petition that she asked of the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home.

    21And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde.

    22Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel, & how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation.

    23And he saide vnto them: Why do ye such thinges? For of all these people I heare euill reportes of you.

  • 1 Sam 4:18
    72%

    18And when he made mention of the arke of God, Eli fell from of his stoole backward by the side of the gate, and his necke brake, and he dyed: For he was an olde man and heauy, and iudged Israel fourtie yeres?

  • 1 Sam 2:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26(The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.)

    27And there came a man of God vnto Eli, and sayde vnto hym, thus saith the Lorde: Dyd not I playnely appeare vnto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaos house?

  • 1 Sam 2:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad dyd minister vnto the Lorde before Eli the priest.

    12But the sonnes of Eli were children of Belial, and knewe not the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    70%

    1When Samuel was old, he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    69%

    20For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, saying: Because I haue asked him of the Lorde.

  • 1 Sam 2:18
    68%

    18But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod.

  • 1 Sam 3:21
    68%

    21And the Lorde appeared againe in Silo: for the Lorde opened him selfe to Samuel in Silo, through the worde of the Lorde.

  • Gen 27:1
    68%

    1And it came to passe, that whe Isahac waxed olde, & his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest sonne, & saide vnto hym, my sonne? And he sayde vnto hym: here am I.

  • 1 Sam 1:9
    68%

    9So Hanna rose vp after that they had eaten and drunke in Silo. (And Eli the priest sate vpon a stoole by one of the postes of the temple of the Lorde.)

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    68%

    3And this man went vp out of his citie euery yere, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the Lord of hoastes in Silo, where were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehes, the Lordes priestes.

  • 1 Sam 2:33
    67%

    33Neuerthelesse, I wyll not destroy euery one that come of thee from mine aulter, to make thine eyes to fayle, and to make thine heart sorowfull: And all they that be multiplied in thine house, shall dye when they be men.

  • 1 Sam 3:19
    67%

    19And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed.

  • 2 Kgs 6:20
    67%

    20But it fortuned that when they were come to Samaria, Elisa sayde: Lorde, open their eyes that they may see. And the Lorde opened their eyes, and they sawe, & behold they were in the middes of Samaria.

  • Gen 48:10
    67%

    10(And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so that he coulde not well see) And he brought them to hym, and he kyssed them, and imbraced them.

  • 1 Sam 12:2
    67%

    2Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day.

  • 1 Sam 1:12-14
    3 verses
    66%

    12And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli marked her mouth.

    13For Hanna spake in her hearte, & her lippes did but moue onely, but her voyce was not hearde, & therfore Eli thought she had ben drunken.

    14And Eli sayde vnto her: Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away from thee the wine that thou hast.

  • Isa 32:3
    66%

    3The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    66%

    11And the arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni & Phinehes, were dead.

  • Lam 5:17
    66%

    17Therefore our heart is full of heauinesse, and our eyes dimme.

  • 1 Sam 1:25
    66%

    25And they slue a bulloke, and brought in the lad to Eli.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18
    65%

    18And when they came downe to him, Elisa prayed vnto the Lord, and sayde: Smyte this people I pray thee with blindnesse. And he smote them with blindnesse, according to the worde of Elisa.

  • Eccl 12:3
    65%

    3When the kepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bowe them selues, when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe, and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme: