1 Samuel 3:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ And the lamp of Elohim had not gone out in the Hĕḵal of יהוה where the ark of Elohim was, and Shemu’ĕl was lying down to sleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

and are burning to יהוה every morning and every evening ascending offerings and sweet incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening, for we are guarding the Charge of יהוה our Elohim. But you have forsaken Him.

Psalm 27:4

One matter I asked of יהוה – this I seek: To dwell in the House of יהוה All the days of my life, To see the pleasantness of יהוה, And to inquire in His Hĕḵal.

Psalm 29:9

The voice of יהוה makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His Hĕḵal everyone says, “Esteem!”

Psalm 5:7

But I, I enter Your house In the greatness of Your loving-commitment; I bow myself toward Your set-apart Hĕḵal in Your fear.

Exodus 25:31

And you shall make a lampstand of clean gold – the lampstand is made of beaten work. Its base and its shaft, its cups, its ornamental knobs and blossoms are from it,”

1 Samuel 1:6

Moreover, her rival also provoked her greatly, to make her irritable, because יהוה had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 1:9

And Ḥannah rose up after eating and drinking in Shiloh, while Ěli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the Hĕḵal of יהוה.