1 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
2 One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.
3 The lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was.
4 The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am."
5 He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am. You called me." "I did not call you," Eli said. "Go back to sleep." So he went back to sleep.
6 Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. "Here I am," he said. "You called me." But he answered, "I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep."
7 At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD, because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
8 The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time. Getting up and going to Eli, he said, "Here I am. You called me." Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.
9 So he said to Samuel, "Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.'" When Samuel went to sleep in his place,
10 the LORD came and revealed his presence, calling out as before, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
11 The LORD said to Samuel: "I am about to do something in Israel that will cause the ears of everyone who hears it to ring.
12 On that day I will carry out in full against Eli everything I threatened against his family.
13 I announce to him that I am condemning his family once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them.
14 Therefore, I swear to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime."
15 Samuel then slept until morning, when he got up early and opened the doors of the temple of the LORD. He feared to tell Eli the vision,
16 but Eli called to him, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."
17 Then Eli asked, "What did he say to you? Hide nothing from me! May God do thus and so to you if you hide a single thing he told you."
18 So Samuel told him everything, and held nothing back. Eli answered, "He is the LORD. He will do what he judges best."
19 Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
20 Thus all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.
21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh; he manifested himself to Samuel at Shiloh through his word,
Versículos relacionados com 1 Samuel, 3:
1 Samuel 3 narrates Samuel's call to be a prophet of God. God spoke to Samuel for the first time when he was still a child serving in the temple of God. The chapter shows the importance of listening to the voice of God and obeying it. Here are five verses related to topics covered in this chapter:
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord of all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding; recognize the Lord in all your ways, and He will straighten your paths." This verse highlights the importance of trusting God and listening to his orientation rather than trusting our own limited understanding.
Isaiah 30:21: "When you turn to right or left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying," This is the way; Follow it "." This verse talks about how God guides his people, even when they deviate from the right way, he calls them to return to the right way.
John 10:27: "My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me." This verse shows that just as Samuel heard the voice of God, those who are truly of God hear and follow his voice.
Acts 9:6: "Get up, enter the city and will be told what you should do." This verse shows how God called Saul, later known as Paul, to ministry. He obeyed the voice of God, following the instructions given to Him.
James 1:22: "Be practitioners of the Word, not just listeners, deceiving yourself." This verse emphasizes the importance of not only listening to God's Word, but also obeying it and putting it into practice. This is especially important when it comes to listening to the voice of God and following his orientation.
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