1 Samuel 3 Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh ⌊in the presence⌋* of Eli. The word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh _⌊in the presence_⌋* of Eli. The word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. ² _⌊And then_⌋* one day when Eli was lying in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow weak so that he was not able to see) ³ and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, Samuel was lying in the temple* of Yahweh where the ark of God was. ⁴ Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, "Here I am!" ⁵ And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." But he said, "I did not call you. Go back and lie down." So he went and lay down. ⁶ And Yahweh called Samuel again, so Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." And he said, "I did not call you, my son. Go back and lie down." ⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸ Again Yahweh called Samuel a third time, so he got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." Then Eli realized that Yahweh was calling the boy. ⁹ So Eli said to Samuel "Go lie down. _⌊If he calls_⌋* to you, then you must say, 'Speak Yahweh, because your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. ¹⁰ Then Yahweh came and stood there and called out _⌊as before_⌋,* "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, because your servant is listening." ¹¹ So Yahweh said to Samuel, "Look, I am doing something in Israel _⌊which will cause_⌋* the two ears of everyone who hears it to tingle. ¹² On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken against his household, _⌊from beginning to end_⌋.* ¹³ I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons were bringing curses on themselves,* but he did not rebuke them. ¹⁴ Therefore I swore to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli would not be atoned for* by sacrifice or by offering forever." ¹⁵ So Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, but Samuel was afraid of telling the vision to Eli. ¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" And he said, "Here I am." ¹⁷ And he said, "What is the message* that he spoke to you? Please do not conceal it from me. May God _⌊punish you severely_⌋* if you conceal anything from me of all the words that he told you." ¹⁸ So Samuel told him all the words and did not conceal anything from him. And he* said, "He is Yahweh, he will do _⌊what is_⌋* good in his _⌊sight_⌋."* ¹⁹ And Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him. _⌊He did not allow any of his prophecies to go unfulfilled_⌋.* ²⁰ All Israel from Dan to Beersheba realized that Samuel was faithful* as a prophet to Yahweh. ²¹ And Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh through the word of Yahweh.