1 Samuel 2:18   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

But Samuel was ministering before the Lord-a boy wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:26   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.

1 Samuel 3:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.

1 Samuel 3:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

1 Samuel 3:4   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Again the Lord called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." "My son," Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down."

1 Samuel 3:7   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

1 Samuel 3:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

A third time the Lord called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

So Eli told Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

1 Samuel 3:11   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

And the Lord said to Samuel: "See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.

1 Samuel 3:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

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

1 Samuel 3:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

but Eli called him and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:18   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes."

1 Samuel 3:19   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.

1 Samuel 3:20   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.

1 Samuel 3:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word.

1 Samuel 4:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 4)

And Samuel's word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.

1 Samuel 7:3   (Read all of 1 Samuel 7)

So Samuel said to all the Israelites, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 7:5   (Read all of 1 Samuel 7)

Then Samuel said, "Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you."

1 Samuel 7:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 7)

When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, "We have sinned against the Lord." Now Samuel was serving as leader of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 7)

They said to Samuel, "Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 7:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 7)

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel's behalf, and the Lord answered him.