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1 Samuel

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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. 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; 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; 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he an­swered, Here am I. 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. 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. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nei­ther was the word of the LORD yet re­vealed unto him. 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. 9 There­fore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy ser­vant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at oth­er times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel an­swered, Speak; for thy ser­vant heareth. 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. 12 In that day I will per­form against Eli all things which I have spo­ken con­cern­ing his house: when I be­gin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the in­iq­ui­ty which he knoweth; be­cause his sons made them­selves vile, and he re­strained them not. 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 for ev­er. 15 And Samuel lay un­til the morn­ing, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vi­sion. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he an­swered, Here am I. 17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more al­so, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 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. 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Is­rael from Dan even to Beer­she­ba knew that Samuel was es­tab­lished ­to be a prophet of the LORD. 21 And the LORD ap­peared again in Shiloh: for the LORD re­vealed him­self to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.