"And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; {there wa…" — 1 Samuel 3:1

1 Samuel 3:1 · KJV

“And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; {there was} no open vision.”

— 1 Samuel 3:1

Verse 2

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was} laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he could not see;

1 Samuel 3 — Context

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; {there was} no open vision.

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was} laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he could not see;

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God {was}, and Samuel was laid down {to sleep};

Cross References

Amos 8:11-12

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

Psalms 74:9

We see not our signs: {there is} no more any prophet: neither {is there} among us any that knoweth how long.

1 Samuel 3:21

And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:11

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, {being} a child, girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:15

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

Isaiah 13:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

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