1 Samuel 2:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
  • Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.
  • Prov 3:3 : 3 Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.
  • Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

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  • 1 Sam 3:18-21
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    18So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”

    19Samuel continued to grow, and the LORD was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.

    20All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

    21Then the LORD again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the LORD had revealed himself to Samuel through a message from the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 2:17-22
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    17The sin of these young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.

    18Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

    19His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him from time to time when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.

    20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home.

    21And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.

    22Eli was very old. And he would hear about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to go to bed with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • Luke 2:52
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    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

  • 1 Sam 3:1-4
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    1The Call of Samuel Now the boy Samuel continued serving the LORD under Eli’s supervision. Receiving a message from the LORD was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

    2Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

    3and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD as well; the ark of God was also there.

    4The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!”

  • 1 Sam 1:19-20
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    72%

    19They got up early the next morning. Then they worshiped the LORD and returned to their home at Ramathaim. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD called her to mind.

    20Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”

  • Judg 13:24
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    24Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD empowered him.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
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    11Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. Eli’s Sons Misuse Their Sacred OfficeThe boy was serving the LORD with the favor of Eli the priest.

  • 1 Sam 2:25
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    25If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them.

  • 1 Sam 3:6-10
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    6The LORD again called,“Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”

    7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD; the LORD’s messages had not yet been revealed to him.

    8Then the LORD called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

    9So Eli said to Samuel,“Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say,“Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place.

    10Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done,“Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied,“Speak, for your servant is listening!”

  • Luke 2:40
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    40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

  • 1 Sam 3:15-16
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    15So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the LORD’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

    16However, Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son!” He replied,“Here I am.”

  • 1 Sam 2:27
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    27The Lord Judges the House of Eli Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him,“This is what the LORD has said:‘I plainly revealed myself to your ancestor’s house when they were slaves to the house of Pharaoh in Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 12:6
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    6Samuel said to the people,“The LORD is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
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    1Israel Seeks a King In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 7:15
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    15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:

  • Exod 11:3
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    3(Now the LORD granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.)

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • 1 Sam 7:13
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    13So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

  • 2 Sam 5:10
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    10David’s power grew steadily, for the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

  • 1 Sam 16:22
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    22Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying,“Let David be my servant, for I really like him.”

  • Gen 26:13
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    13The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.

  • 1 Sam 7:9
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    9So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
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    16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

  • 1 Sam 13:15
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    15Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

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    17Samuel said,“Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.

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  • 1 Chr 11:9
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    9David’s power steadily grew, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies was with him.