1 Samuel 3:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We do not see our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any who knows how long.
  • 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine 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 served before the LORD, being a child, wearing 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 morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to show 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.

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

    2And 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;

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

    4That the LORD called Samuel; and he answered, Here I am.

    5And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

    6And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you did call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again.

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

    8And 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.

    9Therefore 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.

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

    11And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do something in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

  • 1 Sam 3:14-21
    8 verses
    81%

    14And 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.

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

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

    17And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said to you? Please, do not hide it from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he said to you.

    18And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seems good to him.

    19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.

    20And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba 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
    2 verses
    77%

    17Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for men despised the offering of the LORD.

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

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

    11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

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

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

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

    27And 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?

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

    14And when Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, What does the noise of this tumult mean? And the man came in hastily and told Eli.

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

    16And 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 2:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore 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 to all Israel; and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
    72%

    20So 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.

  • 2 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

  • Judg 17:6
    69%

    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
    69%

    3And 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.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    69%

    10Then came the word of the LORD to 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 remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.

  • 1 Sam 1:12
    68%

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

  • Jer 1:4
    68%

    4Then the word of the LORD came to 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
    67%

    9(Previously in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said thus, Come, let us go to the seer: for he who is now called a Prophet was previously called a Seer.)

  • 1 Sam 7:13
    67%

    13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • Jer 15:1
    67%

    1Then the LORD said to 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
    67%

    21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he reported them in the ears of the LORD.

  • Jer 3:16
    67%

    16And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says the LORD, they shall no longer say, 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 anymore.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
    67%

    9And Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it for a whole burnt offering unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

  • Jer 26:1
    67%

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

  • 1 Sam 1:22
    67%

    22But 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.

  • Joel 1:1
    66%

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

  • 1 Sam 7:15
    66%

    15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    66%

    14And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?