Add parallel Print Page Options

28 (A)So I have also [a]dedicated him to Yahweh; as long as he lives, he is [b]dedicated to Yahweh.” So (B)he worshiped Yahweh there.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:28 Lit lent; Heb sounds like root for Samuel
  2. 1 Samuel 1:28 Lit lent; Heb sounds like root for Samuel

28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(A) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

Read full chapter

Samuel Before Yahweh as a Boy

18 Now (A)Samuel was ministering before Yahweh, as a [a]young boy (B)girded with a linen ephod.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:18 Or young man, cf. 2:17

18 But Samuel was ministering(A) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(B)

Read full chapter

Yahweh Calls Samuel

Now (A)the young boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And (B)word from Yahweh was rare in those days; [a]visions were infrequent.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:1 Lit no vision spread abroad

The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(A) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(B) there were not many visions.(C)

Read full chapter