1 Samuel 2:18 - Plain English Version

¹⁸ The boy Samuel worked for God. He wore special clothes like those of a man that looked after God’s ceremonies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Now Samuel was serving the LORD. He was a young boy, clothed in a linen priestly vest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:18 Cross References

1 Samuel 2:11

After that, Elkanah and his family went home to Ramah. Samuel stayed at Shiloh, and there Eli taught him the way to work for God.

1 Samuel 22:18

So Saul said to Doeg, “All right. You kill those men yourself.” Doeg was from Edom, a different country. He didn’t care about those men, so he listened to Saul and did what he said. He got up straight away, and he killed dead 85 men that looked after God’s ceremonies, men that used to wear the special ceremony clothes.

1 Samuel 3:1

At that time, God talked only to a few people. Only a few saw dreams from God. The boy Samuel helped Eli, and he did his work for God.