1 Samuel 3:1

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open 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 the LORD before Eli the priest.
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a fine in the land, not a fine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 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 the LORD, and shall not find it.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 3:2-11
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    83%

    2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

    3And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

    4That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, 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 the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

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

    8And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD 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, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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

    11And the LORD 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 purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

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

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

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

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

    19And Samuel grew, and the LORD 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 the LORD.

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

  • 1 Sam 2:17-18
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    77%

    17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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

  • 1 Sam 2:11-12
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    11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

    12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:26-27
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    73%

    26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

    27And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in 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 came in hastily, and told Eli.

    15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, 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, What is there done, my son?

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

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

    22Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
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    3Now for a long season Israel hath been 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, but 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 yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    69%

    15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

  • Hos 3:4
    69%

    4For the children of Israel shall abide many days witut a king, and witut a prince, and witut a sacrifice, and witut an image, and witut an epd, and witut teraphim:

  • 1 Sam 1:12
    68%

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

  • Jer 1:4
    68%

    4Then the word of the LORD 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
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    9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, 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
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    13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Jer 15:1
    67%

    1Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could 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 the LORD.

  • Jer 3:16
    67%

    16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
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    9And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard 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 the LORD, saying,

  • 1 Sam 1:22
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    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 the LORD, and there abide for ever.

  • Joel 1:1
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    1The word of the LORD that came to l 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?