1 Samuel 3:1

The child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The LORD’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:21The LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the LORD’s word.

Isaiah 13:12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:1

In the foregoing chapter we had Samuel a young priest, though by birth a Levite only, for he ministered before the Lord in a linen ephod; in this chapter we have him a young prophet, which was more, God in an extraordinary manner revealing himself to him, and in him reviving, if not commencing, prophecy in Israel. Here is, I. God's first manifestation of himself in an extraordinary manner to Samuel, ver. 1-10 . II. The message he sent by him to Eli, ver. 11-14 . III. The faithful delivery of that message to Eli,… Read the whole commentary →

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