1Sa 2:18, 26, 3:1, 21, 16:11-12, 1Ki 3:6-11, 18:12, 2Ch 34:3, Ecc 12:1 | ESV | STEP | Samuel was ministering before the Lord , a boy clothed with a linen ephod .

1 Samuel 2:18

18 ^aSamuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy ^bclothed with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:26

26 Now the boy Samuel ^ccontinued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

1 Samuel 3:1

The Lord Calls Samuel

1 ^dNow the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. ^eAnd the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

1 Samuel 3:21

21 And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel ^fat Shiloh ^gby the word of the Lord.

1 Samuel 16:11-12

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, ^h“There remains yet the youngest, ^{▼▼Or smallest} but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, ^j“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ^kruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, ^l“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

1 Kings 3:6-11

6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because ^mhe walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and ⁿhave given him a son to sit on his throne this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, ^oyou have made your servant king in place of David my father, ^palthough I am but a little child. I do not know ^qhow to go out or come in. 8 ^rAnd your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, ^stoo many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 ^tGive your servant therefore an understanding mind ^uto govern your people, that I may ^vdiscern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,

1 Kings 18:12

12 And as soon as I have gone from you, ^wthe Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.

2 Chronicles 34:3

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the ^xAsherim, and the carved and the metal images.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember Your Creator in Your Youth

1 Remember also your Creator in ^ythe days of your youth, before ^zthe evil days come and the years draw near of which ^aayou will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;