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1 Samuel 3:1

1 Samuel 3:1 is verse 1 of 1 Samuel chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

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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.

World English Bible

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

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1 Samuel 3:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

2 And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

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Hebrew words

וְהַנַּ֧עַרand the lad שְׁמוּאֵ֛לSamuel מְשָׁרֵ֥ת[was] serving אֶת<obj.>יְהוָ֖הYahweh לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before עֵלִ֑יEli וּדְבַרand [the] word of יְהוָ֗הYahweh הָיָ֤הit was יָקָר֙rare בַּיָּמִ֣יםin the days הָהֵ֔ם<the> those אֵ֥יןnot חָז֖וֹןvision נִפְרָֽץ[was] spread out

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Samuel 3:15
Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:21
And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.

Psalms 74:9
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

Amos 8:11
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

Amos 8:12
People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

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