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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.

And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now (C)his eyesight had begun to fade, and he could not see well), and (D)the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God was, that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “(E)Here I am.”

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Footnotes

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

Samuel’s First Prophecy

Now (A)the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And (B)the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow (C)so dim that he could not see, and before (D)the lamp of God went out in the [a]tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down, that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:3 palace or temple