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Text -- 1 Samuel 3:7-21 (NET)
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3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord ; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
3:8 Then 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 .
3:9 So 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 .
3:10 Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel ! Samuel !” Samuel replied , “Speak , for your servant is listening !”
3:11 The Lord said to Samuel , “Look ! I am about to do something in Israel ; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle .
3:12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish !
3:13 You 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.
3:14 Therefore 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 .’”
3:15 So 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 .
3:16 However, Eli called Samuel and said , “Samuel , my son !” He replied , “Here I am.”
3:17 Eli 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!”
3:18 So Samuel told him everything . He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said , “The Lord will do what he pleases .”
3:19 Samuel continued to grow , and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled .
3:20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord .
3:21 Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh , for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord .
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NET Notes: 1Sa 3:11 The Hebrew text adds “so that” here, formally connecting this clause with the next.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 3:13 The translation follows the LXX θεόν (qeon, “God”) rather than the MT לָהֶם (lahem, R...
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NET Notes: 1Sa 3:17 Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement h...
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