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1 Samuel 3:1

WEB

1The child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The LORD’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.

KJV

1And the child[+] Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

BSB

1And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

FBV

1The boy Samuel served before the Lord under Eli's supervision. At that time messages from the Lord were rare—visions were not common.

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Amos 8:11-12

11Behold, the days come,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the LORD’s words. 12They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the LORD’s word, and will not find it.

Psalms 74:9

9We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

1 Samuel 3:21

21The LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the LORD’s word.

1 Samuel 2:11

11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18

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

1 Samuel 3:15

15Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the LORD’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.

Isaiah 13:12

12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.