1.
And the lad Samuel was serving the Lord before Eli. Now the word of the Lord was withheld in those days; vision had not broken through.
2.
And it was on that day, that Eli was lying in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim; he could not see.
3.
And the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down. In the Temple of the Lord, where the Ark of God was.
4.
The Lord called to Samuel, and he said, "Here I am."
5.
And he ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you have called me." And he said, "I did not call. Go back and lie down." And he went and lay down.
6.
And the Lord continued to call again to Samuel, and Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you have called me.'' And he said, "I have not called, my son. Go back and lie down."
7.
Now, Samuel had not yet known the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
8.
And the Lord continued to call Samuel for the third time; and he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." And Eli understood that that the Lord was calling the youth.
9.
And Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down. And it shall be, if He will call you, that you shall say, 'Speak, O Lord, for Your bondsman is listening.' " And Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10.
And the Lord came and stood, and He called as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your bondsman is listening."
11.
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do something in Israel, about which the two ears of everyone who hears it, will tingle.
12.
On that day, I shall execute against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his household, beginning and ending.
13.
And I have told him that I am about to execute judgment upon his household forever, for the iniquity (of the matter) that he knew that his sons were bringing disgrace upon themselves, and he did not rebuke them.
14.
And, therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be purged by sacrifice or by offering forever."
15.
And Samuel lay down until the morning, and he opened the doors of the House of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to relate the vision to Eli.
16.
And Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son!" And he said, "Here I am."
17.
And he said, "What is the thing which He spoke to you? Do not conceal from me now. So shall God do to you, and so shall He continue, if you conceal from me anything of the whole matter which He spoke to you."
18.
And Samuel told him all the things and did not conceal from him. And he said, "He is the Lord. May He do what is good in His eyes."
19.
And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and did not let any of his words fall to the ground.
20.
And all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba, knew that Samuel was established as a prophet to the Lord.
21.
And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh with the word of the Lord.
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