1 Samuel 3 (NET)

1 Samuel 3:1¹Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Receiving a message from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 8:11-12Ps 74:91 Sam 3:211 Sam 2:111 Sam 2:181 Sam 3:15

1 Samuel 3:2²Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:15Gen 27:1Gen 48:10Ps 90:10Gen 48:191 Sam 2:22Eccl 12:3

1 Samuel 3:3³and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 24:2-4Ps 27:4Exod 27:20-21Ps 5:7Ps 29:91 Sam 1:62 Chr 13:11Exod 30:7-8

1 Samuel 3:4⁴The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, “Here I am!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:6-11Exod 3:4Gen 22:1Isa 6:8Ps 99:6Gal 1:15-161 Cor 12:28Acts 9:4

1 Samuel 3:5⁵Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 3:6⁶The Lord again called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:162 Sam 18:22Gen 43:29Matt 9:2

1 Samuel 3:7⁷Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the Lord ’s messages had not yet been revealed to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:2Jer 9:24

1 Samuel 3:8⁸Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 33:14-151 Cor 13:11-12

1 Samuel 3:9⁹So Eli said to Samuel, “Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ So Samuel went back and lay down in his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:19Isa 6:8Ps 85:8Acts 9:6Dan 10:19

1 Samuel 3:10¹⁰Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “Speak, for your servant is listening!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 3:8

1 Samuel 3:11¹¹The Lord said to Samuel, “Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 1:52 Kgs 21:12Acts 13:41Jer 19:3Amos 3:6-7Luke 21:26Isa 28:19Isa 29:14

1 Samuel 3:12¹²On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house—from start to finish!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:27-36Josh 23:15Luke 21:33Num 23:19Zech 1:6

1 Samuel 3:13¹³You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:181 Sam 2:12Matt 10:371 Sam 2:17Prov 23:13-141 Kgs 1:6Ezek 18:30Ezek 7:3Prov 29:151 John 3:20

1 Samuel 3:14¹⁴Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, ‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 22:141 Sam 2:25Jer 15:1Jer 7:16Ezek 24:13Heb 10:26-31Heb 10:4-10Lev 15:31Num 15:30-31Ps 51:16

1 Samuel 3:15¹⁵So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord ’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:6-81 Cor 16:10-111 Sam 1:9Mal 1:10

1 Samuel 3:16¹⁶However, Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He replied, “Here I am.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 3:17¹⁷Eli said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 3:35Ruth 1:171 Kgs 22:161 Sam 20:132 Sam 19:13Dan 4:19Matt 26:63Mic 2:7Ps 141:5

1 Samuel 3:18¹⁸So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 39:8Job 2:101 Pet 5:6Judg 10:15Job 1:21Lam 3:39Ps 39:92 Sam 16:10-12Gen 18:25

1 Samuel 3:19¹⁹Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 39:21 Sam 9:61 Kgs 8:56Luke 2:521 Sam 2:212 Tim 4:222 Cor 13:11Luke 2:401 Sam 18:14Gen 21:22

1 Samuel 3:20²⁰All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 20:12 Sam 3:101 Tim 1:122 Sam 17:11

1 Samuel 3:21²¹Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through a message from the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 3:1Gen 12:71 Sam 3:4Gen 15:11 Sam 3:10Num 12:6Amos 3:7Heb 1:1