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The LORD said to Shemu'el, Behold, I will do a thing in Yisra'el, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
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In that day I will perform against `Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
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For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
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Therefore I have sworn to the house of `Eli, that the iniquity of `Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever.
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Shemu'el lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. Shemu'el feared to show `Eli the vision.
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Then `Eli called Shemu'el, and said, Shemu'el, my son. He said, Here am I.
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He said, "What is the thing that [the LORD] has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."
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Shemu'el told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems him good.
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Shemu'el grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
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All Yisra'el from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva knew that Shemu'el was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
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The LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed himself to Shemu'el in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.