1 Samuel 2:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

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  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel served before the LORD, being a child, wearing a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 3:1 : 1 And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread vision.
  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Therefore I have also lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.
  • 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 And Samuel lay until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.

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  • 1 Sam 1:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

    2 And he had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

    3 And this man went up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

    4 And when the time came that Elkanah offered sacrifice, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

  • 1 Sam 2:18-22
    5 verses
    79%

    18 But Samuel served before the LORD, being a child, wearing a linen ephod.

    19 Moreover, his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him each year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

    20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you descendants from this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went to their own home.

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

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

  • 1 Sam 1:19-26
    8 verses
    78%

    19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.

    20 So it came to pass, when the time had come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

    21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

    22 But Hannah did not go up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.

    23 And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you; wait until you have weaned him; only let the LORD establish his word. So the woman remained at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.

    24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

    25 And they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli.

    26 And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread vision.

    2 And it happened at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, that he could not see;

    3 And before the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down,

  • 1 Sam 1:9
    74%

    9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat on a seat by a doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 1:28
    74%

    28 Therefore I have also lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

  • 1 Chr 6:27
    72%

    27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

  • 1 Sam 2:12
    72%

    12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.

  • Judg 17:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

    12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

  • 1 Sam 1:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

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

  • 1 Sam 2:35
    71%

    35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, that shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

  • 1 Sam 2:26-28
    3 verses
    71%

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

    27 And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Did I not plainly appear to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

    28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

  • 1 Sam 3:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice or offering forever.

    15 And Samuel lay until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.

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

  • 1 Sam 22:11
    70%

    11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they all came to the king.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    70%

    16 And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What happened, my son?

  • 1 Sam 14:3
    70%

    3 Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

  • 2 Chr 29:11
    69%

    11 My sons, do not be negligent now: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him, and burn incense.

  • Luke 1:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 It came to pass, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

    9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 3:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. Then he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you did call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

    9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, LORD; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

  • Deut 18:7
    69%

    7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 4:4
    69%

    4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
    68%

    15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

  • Num 8:22
    68%

    22 After that, the Levites went in to perform their service in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    68%

    17 And he returned to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    68%

    1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    68%

    11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.