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3:1  And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no open vision.
3:2  And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, that he could not see;
3:3  And before the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down to sleep;
3:4  That the LORD called, Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
3:5  And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
3:6  And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
3:7  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
3:8  And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
3:9  Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that 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, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for your servant hears.
3:11  And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.
3:12  In that day I will perform against Eli all the things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
3:13  For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
3:14  And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.
3:15  And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to tell Eli the vision.
3:16  Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
3:17  And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said unto you? I pray you hide it not from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he said unto you.
3:18  And Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems to him good.
3:19  And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
3:20  And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
3:21  And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.