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.

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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But (A)of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall (B)not find it.

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We do not see our signs;
(A)There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

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11 Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child [a]ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:11 served

21 Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by (A)the word of the Lord.

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Samuel’s Childhood Ministry

18 (A)But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, (B)wearing a linen ephod.

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12 I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold,
A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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15 So Samuel lay down until [a]morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:15 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and he arose in the morning

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