09:003:003 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;
09:003:004 That the lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
09:003:005 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am
I; for thou calledst
me.
And he said, I called not; lie down again. And
he went and
lay
down.
09:003:006 And the lord called yet again, Samuel.
And Samuel arose and
went
to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me.
And
he
answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
09:003:007 Now Samuel did not yet know the lord,
neither was the word of
the
lord yet revealed unto him.
09:003:008 And the lord called Samuel again the
third time. And he arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call
me.
And
Eli perceived that the lord had called the child.
09:003:009 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie
down: and it shall be,
if
he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, lord;
for thy
servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
09:003:010 And the lord came, and stood, and
called as at other times,
Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant
heareth.
09:003:011 And the lord said to Samuel, Behold,
I will do a thing in
Israel,
at which both the ears of every one that heareth it
shall
tingle.
09:003:012 In that day I will perform against Eli
all things which I have
spoken
concerning his house: when I begin, I will also
make an
end.
09:003:013 For I have told him that I will judge his
house for ever for
the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made
themselves
vile, and he restrained them not.
09:003:014 And therefore I have sworn unto the house
of Eli, that the
iniquity
of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice
nor
offering
for ever.
09:003:015 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened
the doors of the
house
of the lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli
the vision.
09:003:016 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel,
my son. And he
answered,
Here am I.
09:003:017 And he said, What is the thing that the
lord hath said unto
thee?
I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to
thee, and
more
also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things
that
he said unto thee.
09:003:018 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid
nothing from him. And
he
said, It is the lord: let him do what seemeth
him good.


