1 Shemuel (1 Samuel) 3:15–4:1a — Shmuel tells Eli what Yahweh said

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1 Sam 3:15—4:1a

3:15 Shmuel tells Eli what Yahweh said

15 Then Shmuel (Samuel) lay down again until the morning when he opened the doors of Yahweh’s house as usual, but he was scared to tell Eli about the vision. 16 But Eli called him, “Shmuel, my son.”

“Here I am,” he answered.

17 “What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you severely if you hide a single word from everything he told you.” 18 So Shmuel told him everything without hiding anything. Then Eli answered, “It’s Yahweh. May he do whatever he thinks best.”

19 As Shmuel grew up, Yahweh was with him and nothing he said failed to happen, 20 so all Yisrael (Israel) from Dan in the north and as far as Be’er -Sheva (Beersheba) in the south knew that Shmuel was a faithful prophet of Yahweh. 21 Over time, Yahweh continued to appear in Shiloh and to reveal his plans through Shmuel 4 and Shmuel’s messages went to all Yisrael.

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15 And_ Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) _he _lay until the_morning and_he _opened DOM the _doors _of the _house _of YHWH and_Shəmū^ʼēl he _was _afraid from_telling DOM the_vision to ˊĒlī.

16 And_ ˊĒlī _he/it _called DOM Shəmū^ʼēl and_he/it _said Oh _Shəmū^ʼēl son _of_my and_he/it _said here_I_am.

17 And_he/it _said what was_the_message which he _spoke to_you do _not please hide_it from_me thus may _he _do to_you god and_thus may _he _add if you _will _hide from_me a _message from_all (the)_message which he _spoke to_you.

18 And_he _told to_him/it Shəmū^ʼēl DOM all _of the_words/messages and_not he _hid_them from_him/it and_he _said is_YHWH he the_good in_eyes _of_his[fn] let _him _do.

19 And_ Shəmū^ʼēl _he _grew _up and_YHWH he _was with_him/it and_not he _made _fall from_all words/messages _of_his ground_to_the.

20 And_ all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_Dān and_unto Bəʼēr Sheⱱaˊ _he/it _knew if/because _that Shəmū^ʼēl was_established to_a _prophet to/for_YHWH.

21 And_ YHWH _he _repeated to_appear in_Shiloh if/because YHWH he _revealed _himself to Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) at_Shiloh by_the _message _of YHWH.

3:18 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

Literal Version SA1 4:1

4 And_ the _message _of Shəmū^ʼēl _he/it _was to/from_all/each/any/every Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_ Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _he/it _went _out to_meet the_Pəlishtiy for_battle and_they _encamped at (the)_Eben- ezer and_the_Pəlishtiy they _encamped at_ʼAfēq.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section 1 SAM 3:15

Shmuel tells Eli what Yahweh said

1 Sam 3:15—4:1a

OET-RV by cross-referenced section 1 SAM 3:15

1 Sam 3:15—4:1a