1 Samuel 3:1

New King James Version

Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.

Cross References

Psalm 74:9

We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet; Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.

Isaiah 13:12

I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:35

Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say, “Please, put me in one of the priestly positions, that I may eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”

1 Samuel 3:15

So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

1 Samuel 3:21

Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.