{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa1003_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa1003_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_sa1003_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/sa1003.htm","summary":"This is a synoptic biblical text presenting 1 Samuel 3 in four parallel columns: the King James Version (English), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Tanakh/Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage narrates the calling of the boy Samuel, who is serving under the aging priest Eli at the tabernacle in Shiloh: God calls Samuel three times in the night, and each time Samuel runs to Eli thinking the priest summoned him, until Eli recognizes the divine call and instructs Samuel to respond \"Speak, LORD, for thy servant heareth.\" God then delivers a solemn oracle to Samuel confirming the doom of Eli's priestly house, because Eli failed to restrain his sons from their wickedness and sacrilege. The chapter closes by noting Samuel's growth into a recognized prophet throughout all Israel \"from Dan even to Beer-sheba,\" establishing him as God's authoritative spokesman. The distinctive feature of this presentation is its scholarly, comparative format \u2014 it places the four major textual traditions in direct alignment, allowing readers to observe translation choices and textual variants (notably the Septuagint's expanded ending in verse 21, which mentions Eli's extreme old age and his sons' continued wickedness). This layout is characteristic of a critical or interlinear Bible study resource aimed at readers interested in textual criticism, translation history, or original-language biblical study.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: 1 Samuel: 1 Samuel 3","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1800}