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          DASV: 1 Samuel 3    

1 The boy Samuel ministered to the LORD assisting Eli.
The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions
were infrequent.
2 One night Eli was lying down in his place, (now his
eyes had begun to fail, so that he could not see),
3 and the lamp of God had not gone out yet, and Samuel
was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God was.
4 Then the LORD called, "Samuel," and he answered,
"Here I am."
5 He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am. You called me?"
But Eli replied, "I didn't call. Go lie down again."
So he went back and lay down.
6 Then the LORD called again, "Samuel." Samuel got up
and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am. You called me?"
He answered, "I didn't call, my son. Go, lie down again."
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, the word of the
LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
8 Then the LORD called Samuel again, the third time.
He got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here am I.
Did you call me?" Eli realized that the LORD was
calling the child.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down. If he
calls you again, say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant
is listening.'" So Samuel went back to bed.

10 Then the LORD came, and stood there and called as
at other times, "Samuel, Samuel." Then Samuel replied,
"Speak, for your servant is listening."
11 The LORD said to Samuel, "Look, I am about to do
something so shocking in Israel that it will make
the ears of everyone that hears it tingle.
12 In that day I will carry out against Eli all that
I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning
to the end.
13 I told him that I would judge his house forever,
for the iniquity he knew about, because his sons were
blaspheming God, yet he did not stop them.
14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, that the
iniquity of Eli's house will never be forgiven by
sacrifice or offering."

15 Samuel lay there until the morning, then he opened
the doors of the house of the LORD. Samuel was afraid
to tell Eli about the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son."
He replied, "Here I am."
17 He asked, "What did he tell you? Don't hide it from me.
God punish you and more, if you hide anything from
me from all the words that he spoke to you."
18 So Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from
him. Then Eli responded, "It is the LORD's will,
he will do what seems good to him."

19 Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none
of his words fall to the ground unfulfilled.
20 All Israel from Dan to Beersheba realized that Samuel
was established as a prophet of the LORD.
21 The LORD appeared again at Shiloh, for the LORD
revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word
of the LORD.

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