Verse 1

The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 74:9 : 9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
• 1 Sam 2:11 : 11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
• Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "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 Yahweh. 12 They will wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, And will not find it.
• 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
• 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
• 1 Sam 3:15 : 15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
• Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.