3:1 Now
the
young
man
Samuel
was
ministering
to
the
LORD
under
Eli.
And
the
word
of
the
LORD
was
rare
in
those
days;
there
was
no
frequent
vision.
3:2 At
that
time
Eli,
whose
eyesight
had
begun
to
grow
dim
so
that
he
could
not
see,
was
lying
down
in
his
own
place.
3:3 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.
3:4 Then
the
LORD
called
Samuel,
and
he
said,
"Here
I
am!"
3:5 and
ran
to
Eli
and
said,
"Here
I
am,
for
you
called
me."
But
he
said,
"I
did
not
call;
lie
down
again."
So
he
went
and
lay
down.
3:6 And
the
LORD
called
again,
"Samuel!"
and
Samuel
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said,
"Here
I
am,
for
you
called
me."
But
he
said,
"I
did
not
call,
my
son;
lie
down
again."
3:7 Now
Samuel
did
not
yet
know
the
LORD,
and
the
word
of
the
LORD
had
not
yet
been
revealed
to
him.
3:8 And
the
LORD
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
And
he
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said,
"Here
I
am,
for
you
called
me."
Then
Eli
perceived
that
the
LORD
was
calling
the
young
man.
3:9 Therefore
Eli
said
to
Samuel,
"Go,
lie
down,
and
if
he
calls
you,
you
shall
say,
'Speak,
LORD,
for
your
servant
hears.'"
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
in
his
place.
3:10 And
the
LORD
came
and
stood,
calling
as
at
other
times,
"Samuel!
Samuel!"
And
Samuel
said,
"Speak,
for
your
servant
hears."
3:11 Then
the
LORD
said
to
Samuel,
"Behold,
I
am
about
to
do
a
thing
in
Israel
at
which
the
two
ears
of
everyone
who
hears
it
will
tingle.
3:12 On
that
day
I
will
fulfill
against
Eli
all
that
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house,
from
beginning
to
end.
3:13 And
I
declare
to
him
that
I
am
about
to
punish
his
house
forever,
for
the
iniquity
that
he
knew,
because
his
sons
were
blaspheming
God,
and
he
did
not
restrain
them.
3:14 Therefore
I
swear
to
the
house
of
Eli
that
the
iniquity
of
Eli's
house
shall
not
be
atoned
for
by
sacrifice
or
offering
forever."
3:15 Samuel
lay
until
morning;
then
he
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
the
LORD.
And
Samuel
was
afraid
to
tell
the
vision
to
Eli.
3:16 But
Eli
called
Samuel
and
said,
"Samuel,
my
son."
And
he
said,
"Here
I
am."
3:17 And
Eli
said,
"What
was
it
that
he
told
you
Do
not
hide
it
from
me.
May
God
do
so
to
you
and
more
also
if
you
hide
anything
from
me
of
all
that
he
told
you."
3:18 So
Samuel
told
him
everything
and
hid
nothing
from
him.
And
he
said,
"It
is
the
LORD.
Let
him
do
what
seems
good
to
him."
3:19 And
Samuel
grew,
and
the
LORD
was
with
him
and
let
none
of
his
words
fall
to
the
ground.
3:20 And
all
Israel
from
Dan
to
Beersheba
knew
that
Samuel
was
established
as
a
prophet
of
the
LORD.
3:21 And
the
LORD
appeared
again
at
Shiloh,
for
the
LORD
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
at
Shiloh
by
the
word
of
the
LORD.