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¹ And the lad Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. And the word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),³ and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was laying down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;⁴ that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here I am.⁵ And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I didn't call; lie down again. And he went and lay down.⁶ And Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again.⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.⁸ And Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the lad.⁹ Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your slave hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.¹⁰ And Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your slave hears.

¹¹ And Yahweh said to Samuel, Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.¹² In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.¹³ For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons cursed God, and he did not restrain them.¹⁴ And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever.¹⁵ And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here I am.¹⁷ And he said, What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you? I pray you, don't hide it from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.¹⁸ And Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Yahweh: he will do what seems good to him.

¹⁹ And Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did not let any of his words fall to the ground.²⁰ And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.²¹ And Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.