1 Samuel 3:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down

American Standard Version (1901)

and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;

Common English Bible

God’s lamp hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was lying down in the LORD’s temple, where God’s chest was.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, to prevent the lamp of God from going out, Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Before the lamp of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

1 Samuel 3:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:11

They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.

Psalm 27:4

One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 29:9

The voice of the Lord makes the oaks to whirl, and strips the forests bare; and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalm 5:7

But I through the abundance of thy steadfast love will enter thy house, I will worship toward thy holy temple in the fear of thee.

Exodus 25:31

“And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it;

1 Samuel 1:6

And her rival used to provoke her sorely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 1:9

After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.