Dual Panel1Now the boy <05288> Samuel <08050> continued serving <08334> the Lord <03068> under <06440> Eli’s <05941> supervision <06440>. Word <01697> from the Lord <03068> was <01961> rare <03368> in those <01992> days <03117>; revelatory visions <02377> were infrequent <06555> <0369>.
2Eli’s <05941> eyes <05869> had begun <02490> to fail <03544>, so that he was unable <03201> <03808> to see <07200> well. At that time <03117> he was lying down <07901> in his place <04725>,
3and the lamp <05216> of God <0430> had not yet <02962> been extinguished <03518>. Samuel <08050> was lying down <07901> in the temple <01964> of the Lord <03068> as well; the ark <0727> of God <0430> was also there.
4The Lord <03068> called <07121> to <0413> Samuel <08050>, and he replied <0559>, “Here <02005> I am!”
5Then he ran <07323> to <0413> Eli <05941> and said <0559>, “Here <02005> I am, for <03588> you called <07121> me.” But Eli said <0559>, “I didn’t <03808> call <07121> you. Go back <07725> and lie down <07901>.” So he went <01980> back and lay down <07901>.
6The Lord <03068> again <03254> called <07121>, “Samuel <08050>!” So Samuel <08050> got up <06965> and went <01980> to <0413> Eli <05941> and said <0559>, “Here <02005> I am, for <03588> you called <07121> me.” But Eli said <0559>, “I didn’t <03808> call <07121> you, my son <01121>. Go back <07725> and lie down <07901>.”
7Now Samuel <08050> did not yet <02962> know <03045> the Lord <03068>; the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> had not yet <02962> been revealed <01540> to <0413> him.
8Then the Lord <03068> called <07121> Samuel <08050> a third time <07992>. So he got up <06965> and went <01980> to <0413> Eli <05941> and said <0559>, “Here <02005> I am, for <03588> you called <07121> me!” Eli <05941> then realized <0995> that <03588> it was the Lord <03068> who was calling <07121> the boy <05288>.
9So Eli <05941> said <0559> to Samuel <08050>, “Go <01980> back and lie down <07901>. When <0518> <01961> he calls <07121> you, say <0559>, “Speak <01696>, Lord <03068>, for <03588> your servant <05650> is listening <08085>.” So Samuel <08050> went <01980> back and lay down <07901> in his place <04725>.
10Then the Lord <03068> came <0935> and stood <03320> nearby, calling <07121> as he had previously done, “Samuel <08050>! Samuel <08050>!” Samuel <08050> replied <0559>, “Speak <01696>, for <03588> your servant <05650> is listening <08085>!”
11The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Samuel <08050>, “Look <02009>! I <0595> am about to do <06213> something <01697> in Israel <03478>; when <0834> anyone <03605> hears <08085> about it, both <08147> of his ears <0241> will tingle <06750>.
12On that <01931> day <03117> I will carry out <06965> against <0413> Eli <05941> everything <03605> that <0834> I spoke <01696> about <0413> his house <01004>– from start <02490> to finish <03615>!
13You should tell <05046> him that <03588> I <0589> am about to judge <08199> his house <01004> forever <05769> because of the sin <05771> that <0834> he knew <03045> about. For <03588> his sons <01121> were cursing <07043> God, and he did not <03808> rebuke <03543> them.
14Therefore <03651> I swore an oath <07650> to the house <01004> of Eli <05941>, ‘The sin <05771> of the house <01004> of Eli <05941> can never <0518> be forgiven <03722> by sacrifice <02077> or by grain offering <04503>.’”
15So Samuel <08050> lay down <07901> until <05704> morning <01242>. Then he opened <06605> the doors <01817> of the Lord’s <03068> house <01004>. But Samuel <08050> was afraid <03372> to tell <05046> Eli <05941> about the vision <04759>.
16However, Eli <05941> called <07121> Samuel <08050> and said <0559>, “Samuel <08050>, my son <01121>!” He replied <0559>, “Here <02005> I am.”
17Eli said <0559>, “What <04100> message <01697> did he speak <01696> to <0413> you? Don’t <0408> conceal <03582> it from <04480> me. God <0430> will judge <06213> you severely <03254> if <0518> you conceal <03582> from <04480> me anything <03605> that <0834> he said <01696> to <0413> you!”
18So Samuel <08050> told <05046> him everything <03605>. He did not <03808> hold back <03582> anything <01697> from <04480> him. Eli said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> will do <06213> what he <01931> pleases <05869> <02896>.”
19Samuel <08050> continued to grow <01431>, and the Lord <03068> was <01961> with <05973> him. None <03605> <03808> of his prophecies <01697> fell to the ground unfulfilled <0776> <05307>.
20All <03605> Israel <03478> from <05704> Dan <01835> to <05704> Beer Sheba <0884> realized <03045> that <03588> Samuel <08050> was confirmed <0539> as a prophet <05030> of the Lord <03068>.
21Then the Lord <03068> again <03254> appeared <07200> in Shiloh <07887>, for it was in Shiloh <07887> that <03588> the Lord <03068> had revealed <01540> himself to <0413> Samuel <08050> through the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>.