1 Samuel 3:1

Good News Translation

In those days, when the boy Samuel was serving the Lord under the direction of Eli, there were very few messages from the Lord, and visions from him were quite rare.

Cross References

Psalm 74:9

All our sacred symbols are gone; there are no prophets left, and no one knows how long this will last.

Proverbs 29:18

A nation without God's guidance is a nation without order. Happy are those who keep God's law!

Isaiah 13:12

Those who survive will be scarcer than gold.

Ezekiel 7:26

One disaster will follow another, and a steady stream of bad news will pour in. You will beg the prophets to reveal what they foresee. The priests will have nothing to teach the people, and the elders will have no advice to give.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah, but the boy Samuel stayed in Shiloh and served the Lord under the priest Eli.

1 Samuel 2:18

In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the Lord, wearing a sacred linen apron.

1 Samuel 2:35

I will choose a priest who will be faithful to me and do everything I want him to. I will give him descendants, who will always serve in the presence of my chosen king.

1 Samuel 2:36

Any of your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat.”

1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel stayed in bed until morning; then he got up and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

1 Samuel 3:21

The Lord continued to reveal himself at Shiloh, where he had appeared to Samuel and had spoken to him. And when Samuel spoke, all Israel listened.