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And the child[H5288]Samuel[H8050]ministered[H8334] unto the LORD[H3068]before[H6440]Eli[H5941]. And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] was precious[H3368] in those days[H3117]; there was no open[H6555]vision[H2377].
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And it came to pass at that time[H3117], when Eli[H5941] was laid down[H7901] in his place[H4725], and his eyes[H5869]began[H2490] to wax dim[H3544], that he could[H3201] not see[H7200];
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And ere the lamp[H5216] of God[H430] went out[H3518] in the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068], where the ark[H727] of God[H430] was, and Samuel[H8050] was laid down[H7901] to sleep;
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That the LORD[H3068]called[H7121]Samuel[H8050]: and he answered[H559], Here am I.
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And he ran[H7323] unto Eli[H5941], and said[H559], Here am I[H2009]; for thou calledst[H7121] me. And he said[H559], I[H2009]called[H7121] not; lie down[H7901]again[H7725]. And he went[H3212] and lay down[H7901].
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And the LORD[H3068]called[H7121] yet again[H3254], Samuel[H8050]. And Samuel[H8050]arose[H6965] and went[H3212] to Eli[H5941], and said[H559], Here am I; for thou didst call[H7121] me. And he answered[H559], I called[H7121] not, my son[H1121]; lie down[H7901]again[H7725].
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Now Samuel[H8050] did not yet[H2962]know[H3045] the LORD[H3068], neither was the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]yet[H2962]revealed[H1540] unto him.
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And the LORD[H3068]called[H7121]Samuel[H8050]again[H3254] the third time[H7992]. And he arose[H6965] and went[H3212] to Eli[H5941], and said[H559], Here am I; for thou didst call[H7121] me. And Eli[H5941]perceived[H995] that the LORD[H3068] had called[H7121] the child[H5288].
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Therefore Eli[H5941]said[H559] unto Samuel[H8050], Go[H3212], lie down[H7901]: and it shall be, if he call[H7121] thee, that thou shalt say[H559], Speak[H1696], LORD[H3068]; for thy servant[H5650]heareth[H8085]. So Samuel[H8050]went[H3212] and lay down[H7901] in his place[H4725].
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And the LORD[H3068]came[H935], and stood[H3320], and called[H7121] as at other times[H6471], Samuel[H8050], Samuel[H8050]. Then Samuel[H8050]answered[H559], Speak[H1696]; for thy servant[H5650]heareth[H8085].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] to Samuel[H8050], Behold, I will do[H6213] a thing[H1697] in Israel[H3478], at which both[H8147] the ears[H241] of every one that heareth[H8085] it shall tingle[H6750].
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In that day[H3117] I will perform[H6965] against Eli[H5941] all things which I have spoken[H1696]concerning[H413] his house[H1004]: when I begin[H2490], I will also make an end[H3615].
13For[H5704] I have told[H5046] him that I will judge[H8199] his house[H1004]for[H5704]ever[H5769]for[H5704] the iniquity[H5771] which he knoweth[H3045]; because his sons[H1121] made themselves vile[H7043], and he restrained[H3543] them not.
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And therefore I have sworn[H7650] unto the house[H1004] of Eli[H5941], that the iniquity[H5771] of Eli[H5941]'s house[H1004] shall not be purged[H3722] with sacrifice[H2077] nor offering[H4503]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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And Samuel[H8050]lay[H7901] until the morning[H1242], and opened[H6605] the doors[H1817] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]. And Samuel[H8050]feared[H3372] to shew[H5046]Eli[H5941] the vision[H4759].
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Then Eli[H5941]called[H7121]Samuel[H8050], and said[H559], Samuel[H8050], my son[H1121]. And he answered[H559], Here am I.
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And he said[H559], What is the thing[H1697] that the LORD hath said[H1696] unto thee? I pray thee hide[H3582] it not from me: God[H430] do so[H6213] to thee, and more also[H3254], if thou hide[H3582] any thing[H1697] from me of all the things[H1697] that he said[H1696] unto thee.
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And Samuel[H8050]told[H5046] him every whit[H1697], and hid[H3582] nothing from him. And he said[H559], It is the LORD[H3068]: let him do[H6213] what seemeth[H5869] him good[H2896].
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And Samuel[H8050]grew[H1431], and the LORD[H3068] was with him, and did let none of his words[H1697]fall[H5307] to the ground[H776].
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And all Israel[H3478] from Dan[H1835] even to Beersheba[H884]knew[H3045] that Samuel[H8050] was established[H539] to be a prophet[H5030] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200]again[H3254] in Shiloh[H7887]: for the LORD[H3068]revealed[H1540] himself to Samuel[H8050] in Shiloh[H7887] by the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].