King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 3:16
“Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 3
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.
And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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