1And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.stylusAmos 8:11, Amos 8:12, Amos 8:11, Amos 8:12, Psalms 74:92And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.stylus1 Samuel 4:15, 1 Samuel 4:15, Genesis 27:1, Psalms 90:10, Genesis 48:103Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.stylusExodus 27:20, Exodus 27:21, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 27:21, Leviticus 24:24Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”stylusGenesis 22:1, Isaiah 6:8, 1 Corinthians 12:6, 1 Corinthians 12:11, Exodus 3:45He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.stylus6Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”stylus2 Samuel 18:22, 1 Samuel 4:16, Matthew 9:2, Genesis 43:29, 2 Samuel 18:227Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.stylusActs 19:2, Acts 19:2, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 9:248Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.stylusJob 33:14, Job 33:15, Job 33:14, Job 33:15, 1 Corinthians 13:119“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.stylusPsalms 85:8, Exodus 20:19, Psalms 85:8, Exodus 20:19, Isaiah 6:810Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”stylus1 Samuel 3:8, 1 Samuel 3:8, 1 Samuel 3:4, 1 Samuel 3:6, 1 Samuel 3:411Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.stylusHabakkuk 1:5, Habakkuk 1:5, 2 Kings 21:12, Acts 13:41, Jeremiah 19:312On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.stylus1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 2:36, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 2:36, Numbers 23:1913I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.stylusMatthew 10:37, Matthew 10:37, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 19:18, 1 Samuel 2:1214Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”stylusIsaiah 22:14, Isaiah 22:14, Jeremiah 15:1, 1 Samuel 2:25, Jeremiah 7:1615Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,stylusJeremiah 1:6, Jeremiah 1:8, Jeremiah 1:6, Jeremiah 1:8, 1 Corinthians 16:1016but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.stylus17“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”stylus2 Samuel 3:35, Ruth 1:17, 2 Samuel 3:35, Ruth 1:17, Micah 2:718So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”stylusIsaiah 39:8, Job 2:10, Isaiah 39:8, Job 2:10, 1 Peter 5:619And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.stylusGenesis 39:2, Genesis 39:2, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Kings 8:5620So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.stylusJudges 20:1, Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 3:10, 2 Samuel 3:10, 1 Timothy 1:1221And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.stylusGenesis 12:7, 1 Samuel 3:1, Genesis 12:7, 1 Samuel 3:1, Genesis 15:1