1 Samuel 1:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 1)

Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord's house.

1 Samuel 1:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 1)

As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:13   (Read all of 1 Samuel 1)

Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk

1 Samuel 1:17   (Read all of 1 Samuel 1)

Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him."

1 Samuel 1:25   (Read all of 1 Samuel 1)

When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

1 Samuel 2:11   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:20   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord." Then they would go home.

1 Samuel 2:22   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 2:27   (Read all of 1 Samuel 2)

Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor's family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?

1 Samuel 3:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.

1 Samuel 3:2   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.

1 Samuel 3:5   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:6   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Again the Lord called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." "My son," Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down."

1 Samuel 3:8   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

A third time the Lord called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

So Eli told Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:12   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family-from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 3:14   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, 'The guilt of Eli's house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.' "

1 Samuel 3:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

1 Samuel 3:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

but Eli called him and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

1 Samuel 3:17   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

"What was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you."

1 Samuel 3:18   (Read all of 1 Samuel 3)

So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes."

1 Samuel 4:13   (Read all of 1 Samuel 4)

When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

1 Samuel 4:14   (Read all of 1 Samuel 4)

Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,

1 Samuel 4:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 4)

He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"