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¶The .iij. Chapter.
1 There was no manifest vision in the tyme of Eli. 4 The Lorde calleth Samuel three times. 11 And sheweth what shall come vpon Eli & his house. 18 The same declareth Samuel to Eli.
[unspec A] 1 AND the chylde Sa∣muel ministred vnto the Lorde before Eli, and the worde of the Lord was * 1.1 precious in those dayes, neither was there any open vision.
2 And as at that tyme Eli lay in his (b) 1.2 place, his * 1.3 eyes began to waxe dymme that he coulde not see.
3 And yer the lampe of God went out, Samuel layde hym downe to sleepe in the temple of the Lord, where the arke of God was.
4 And the Lorde called Samuel. And he aunswered, I am here.
5 And he ran vnto Eli, and sayde: Here am I, for thou calledst me. And he said, I called thee not, go againe and sleepe. And he went, and layde hym downe to sleepe.
6 And the Lorde called once againe, [unspec B] Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and sayde: I am here, for thou diddest call me. And he aunswered: I called thee not my sonne, go againe and sleepe.
7 Samuel (c) 1.4 knewe not yet the Lorde, neither was the worde of the Lorde yet opened vnto hym.
8 And the Lorde went to, and called Samuel the thirde tyme. And he arose and went to Eli, and saide: I am here, for thou hast called me. And Eli percea∣ued that the Lord had called the childe.
9 Therefore Eli sayde vnto Samuel: Go and sleepe, and yf he call thee, then say: Speake Lorde, for thy seruaunt heareth thee. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.
10 And the Lorde came, and stoode and called as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel aunswered: Speake, for thy seruaunt heareth.
11 And the Lorde saide to Samuel: Be∣holde, I wyll do a thing in Israel, that both the eares of as many as heareth it shall d 1.5 tyngle.
21 In that day, I wyll rayse vp against Eli all thynges whiche I haue spoken concernyng his house: when I begyn, I wyll also make an ende.
13 I haue tolde hym * 1.6 that I wyll iudge his house for euer, for the wickednesse which he knoweth: For whē [the people] [unspec C] cursed his sonnes for ye same [wickednesse] he hath not corrected them.
14 And therfore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednesse of Elies house shall not be purged with sa∣crifice nor offeryng for euer.
15 Samuel slept vntyl the mornyng, and opened the doores of the house of the Lorde: and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and sayde: Samuel, my sonne. And he aunswered: Here am I.
17 He saide: What is that the Lord hath saide vnto thee? I pray thee hyde it not from me: * 1.7 (e) 1.8 God do so to thee, & more also, if thou hyde any thyng from me of all that he sayde vnto thee.
18 And Samuel tolde hym euery whyt, and hyd nothyng from hym. And he saide: It is the Lord, let hym do what [unspec D] seemeth hym good.
19 And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes “ 1.9 vnperfourmed.
20 And all Israel, from Dan to Beerse∣ba, wyst that faythfull Samuel was the Lordes prophete.
21 And the Lorde appeared againe in Silo: for the Lorde opened him selfe to Samuel in Silo, through the worde of the Lorde.