I. Samuzn IV. 3.

7 Now Samuel did not yet know !-the Lorp, neither was the_word_of ‘the Lorp yet revealed unto him.
8 And J the Lorn called Samuél again the third_time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, “+ Here am I; for thou didst_call me.” And Eli perceived that J the Lord whad_called the child.
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuél, “Go, slie.down : and it :shall_be, if He ‘call thee, that thou sshalt_say, ‘*Speak, JLorp; for Thy servant +heareth’” So Samuél went and lay_down in his place. ‘
10 And ‘the Lorp came, and stood, and called as at_other times, “Samuel, Samuél.” Then Samuél answered,
|“*Speak ; for Thy servant +heareth.”
tl And Jthe Lorp said to Samuél, “Behold, E will do a thing in Israél, at_which both the_ears_of every_one 4that_heareth it shall_tingle.
12 In xthat xday I will_perform against Eli «all things which I shave_spoken concerning his house: / when_I_begin, I will also make_an_end.
13 For I ‘have_told him that £ -will_ judge his “house for ever for the ini- quity which he -knoweth; because his sons +made themselves vile, and he re- strained them not.
14 And therefore I -haye/sworn unto the_house_of Eli, that the iniquity_of Eli’s house shall not be_purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.”
1 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened -the_doors_of the_house_ of ‘the Lorp. And Samuél feared to shew Eli «the vision.
16 Then Eli called -Samuél, and said, “Samuél, my son.’ And he answered, “v Here am I.” 5
17 And he said, “ What is the w thing that the Lorp shath_said unto thee? I_pray_thee hide 7# not from me: =God ‘do so to thee, and more also, if thou thide any w thing from me of @all the_ things that He said unto thee.”
18 And Samuél told him «-eyery xwhit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, “£t is 1the Lorp: ‘let Him do what seemeth Him good.”
19 And Samuél grew, and / the Lorp was with him, and did_let none of his words fall to_the_ground.
20 And all Israél from Dan eyen to Beer-sheba knew that Samuél was es- tablished to be a prophet of 4 the Lorp.
21 And ‘the Lorp appeared again in Shiloh : for 4 the Lory revealed_Himself to Samuél in Shiloh by the_word_of ‘ the Lorn.
AND the_word_of Samuel came to
all Israél. Now Israel went_out against the Philistines to xbattle, and pitched beside exEben_xezer: and the Philistines pitched in « xAphek.
2 And the Philistines put_themselves_ in_array against Israél: and when ‘they joined xbattle, Israél was_smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the «army in the field about four thousand ‘men.
8 And when the people were_come into the camp, the_elders_of Israél said, “Wherefore shath ‘the Lorp
B.C. about 1165. J. Jehovah,
b. Behold
me.
w. was call- ing.
9. Josh. 5, 14. Acts 9. 6. ,
10. Joh 33. WT, .
His WoRD TO SAMUEL,
12, Ch, 2. 27- 36.
Sf. or from- beginning to end.
13. Ch. 2. 12- 17, 22-25.
SAMUEL TELLS THE VISION TO
b. Behold
me. w. word.
18. Job 2. 10. Tsa. 29. 8.
a, all the words.
SAMUEL A PROPHET.
1141. ISRAEL SMITTEN BY THE PHILIS- TINES.
e. Eben- ezer, The stone-of xhelp.
a. Aphek, Strength,or Fortress.
t. the battle was_spread,
a, array.
i. ish.
THE ARK FETCHED. J, Jehoyah.