1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel before the LORD as a Boy

18 Now 1Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy 2wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:18 In-Context

16 If the man said to him, "They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire," then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."
17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD , for the men despised the offering of the LORD .
18 Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD , as a boy wearing a linen ephod.
19 And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD ." And they went to their own home.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 3:1
  • 2. 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Samuel 22:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Chronicles 15:27

Footnotes 1

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