1 Samuel 3 Learning To Recognize God’s Voice: Insights From Samuel’s Story

1 Samuel 3 Learning To Recognize God’s Voice: Insights From Samuel’s Story

1 Samuel 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli, And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

1 Samuel 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

1 Samuel 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep:

1 Samuel 3:4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

1 Samuel 3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

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1 Samuel 3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered I called not, my son; lie down again.

1 Samuel 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

1 Samuel 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

1 Samuel 3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in Ms place.

1 Samuel 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12 In that day, I will perform against Eli all the things that I have spoken about concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

1 Samuel 3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.

1 Samuel 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning and opened the doors of the house ofthe LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

1 Samuel 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? 1 pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

1 Samuel 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit and hid nothing from him. And he said It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

1 Samuel 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

1 Samuel 3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.