<vn='1'>And the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="8334">ministered</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>. And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3368">precious</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>; there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="6555">open</s><sn="2377">vision</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at that <sn="3117">time</s>, <sn="1931">when</s><sn="5941">Eli</s> was laid <sn="7901">down</s> in his <sn="4725">place</s>, and his <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="2490">began</s> to wax <sn="3544">dim</s>, that he <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="2962">ere</s> the <sn="5216">lamp</s> of <sn="430">God</s> went <sn="3518">out</s> in the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was, and <sn="8050">Samuel</s> was laid <sn="7901">down</s> to sleep; </v>
<vn='4'>That the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7121 413">called</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>: and he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="7323">ran</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I; <sn="3588">for</s> thou <sn="7121">calledst</s> me. And he <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="7121">called</s><sn="3808">not</s>; lie <sn="7901">down</s><sn="7725">again</s>. And he <sn="1980">went</s> and lay <sn="7901">down</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">again</s>, <sn="8050">Samuel</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I; <sn="3588">for</s> thou didst <sn="7121">call</s> me. And he <sn="559">answered</s>, I <sn="7121">called</s><sn="3808">not</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>; lie <sn="7901">down</s><sn="7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now <sn="8050">Samuel</s> did not <sn="2962">yet</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, neither was the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2962">yet</s><sn="1540">revealed</s><sn="413">unto</s> him. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3254">again</s> the <sn="7992">third</s> time. And he <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5941">Eli</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I; <sn="3588">for</s> thou didst <sn="7121">call</s> me. And <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="995">perceived</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="5288">child</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Therefore <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s>, lie <sn="7901">down</s>: and it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="518">if</s> he <sn="7121 413">call</s> thee, that thou shalt <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="1696">Speak</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="8085">heareth</s>. So <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1980">went</s> and lay <sn="7901">down</s> in his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="3320">stood</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> as at other <sn="6471 6471">times</s>, <sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="8050">Samuel</s>. Then <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="1696">Speak</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="8085">heareth</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, at <sn="834">which</s><sn="8147">both</s> the <sn="241">ears</s> of every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="8085">heareth</s> it shall <sn="6750">tingle</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>In <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> I will <sn="6965">perform</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> things <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">concerning</s> his <sn="1004">house</s>: when I <sn="2490">begin</s>, I will also make an <sn="3615">end</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>For I have <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s> for the <sn="5771">iniquity</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="3045">knoweth</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s> made themselves <sn="7043">vile</s>, and he <sn="3543">restrained</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="3651">therefore</s> I have <sn="7650">sworn</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s>, that the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of <sn="5941">Eli</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="518">not</s> be <sn="3722">purged</s> with <sn="2077">sacrifice</s> nor <sn="4503">offering</s><sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="7901">lay</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="3372">feared</s> to <sn="4480 5046 413">show</s><sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4759">vision</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then <sn="5941">Eli</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8050">Samuel</s>, my <sn="1121">son</s>. And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="2009">Here</s> am I. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> the LORD hath <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee? I pray <sn="4994">thee</s><sn="3582">hide</s> it <sn="408">not</s><sn="4480">from</s> me: <sn="430">God</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3541">so</s> to thee, and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou <sn="3582">hide</s> any <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="4480">from</s> me of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">things</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="1697">whit</s>, and <sn="3582">hid</s><sn="3808">nothing</s><sn="4480">from</s> him. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">It</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: let him <sn="6213">do</s> what <sn="5869">seemeth</s> him <sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="1431">grew</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, and did let <sn="3808 4480 3605">none</s> of his <sn="1697">words</s><sn="5307">fall</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> was <sn="539">established</s> to be a <sn="5030">prophet</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="3254">again</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> revealed <sn="1540">himself</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s> by the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>