1 Samuel 3:1

New International Reader's Version

The boy Samuel served the Lord under the direction of Eli. In those days the Lord didn’t give many messages to his people. He didn’t give them many visions.

Cross References

Psalm 74:9

We don’t get signs from God anymore. There aren’t any prophets left. None of us knows how long that will last.

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no message from God, people don’t control themselves. But blessed is the one who obeys wisdom’s instruction.

Isaiah 13:12

He’ll make people harder to find than pure gold. They will be harder to find than gold from Ophir.

Ezekiel 7:26

Trouble after trouble will come. One report will follow another. But they will not be true. The people will go searching for a vision from the prophets. But there will not be any. The teaching of the law by the priests will be gone. Advice from the elders will come to an end.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy Samuel served the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18

But the boy Samuel served the Lord. He wore a sacred linen apron.

1 Samuel 2:35

I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what my heart and mind want him to do. I will make his family line of priests very secure. They will always serve as priests to my anointed king.

1 Samuel 2:36

Everyone left in your family line will come and bow down to him. They will beg him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread. They will say, “Please give me a place to serve among the priests. Then I can have food to eat.” ’ ”

1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision he had received.

1 Samuel 3:21

The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh. There he made himself known to Samuel through the messages he gave him.