1 Samuel 1-3 - Yahweh Calls Samuel

Elkanah and His Wives

1Sa 1:5 LSB - [5] but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had closed her womb.

1Sa 1:11 LSB - [11] And she made a vow and said, "O Yahweh of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head."

The Birth of Samuel

1Sa 1:20 LSB - [20] Now it happened in due time that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], "Because I have asked him of Yahweh."

Samuel = "his name is El"

1Sa 1:27-28 LSB - [27] "For this young boy I prayed, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of Him. [28] "So I have also dedicated him to Yahweh; as long as he lives, he is dedicated to Yahweh." So he worshiped Yahweh there.

Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving

1Sa 2:1 LSB - [1] Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I am glad in Your salvation.

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

1Sa 2:17 LSB - [17] Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh, for the men spurned the offering of Yahweh.

Samuel Before Yahweh as a Boy

1Sa 2:18 LSB - [18] Now Samuel was ministering before Yahweh, [as] a young boy girded with a linen ephod.

Eli Hears About His Sons’ Evils

1Sa 2:25 LSB - [25] "If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahweh desired to put them to death.

1Sa 2:26 LSB - [26] Now the young boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.

Eli Honors His Sons Above Yahweh

1Sa 2:29 LSB - [29] 'Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded [in My] habitation, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?'

1Sa 2:35 LSB - [35] 'But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always.

Yahweh Calls Samuel

1Sa 3:19-21 LSB - [19] Thus Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. [20] So all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh. [21] And Yahweh appeared again at Shiloh, because Yahweh revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.