I Samuel 3 · שמואל א

And the child Shemu᾽el ministered to the Lord before ῾Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

And it came to pass at that time, when ῾Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, that he could not see;

and the lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Shemu᾽el was laid down to sleep;

that the Lord called Shemu᾽el: and he answered, Here I am.

And he ran to ῾Eli, and said, Here I am; for thou didst call me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

And the Lord called yet again, Shemu᾽el. And Shemu᾽el arose and went to ῾Eli, and said, Here I am; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

Now Shemu᾽el did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.

And the Lord called Shemu᾽el again the third time. And he arose and went to ῾Eli, and said, Here I am; for thou didst call me. And ῾Eli understood that the Lord had called the child.

Therefore ῾Eli said to Shemu᾽el, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for Thy servant is listening. So Shemu᾽el went and lay down in his place.

And the Lord came, and stood, and called as on the previous occasions, Shemu᾽el, Shemu᾽el. Then Shemu᾽el answered, Speak; for Thy servant is listening.

And the Lord said to Shemu᾽el, Behold, I will do a thing in Yisra᾽el, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.

In that day I will perform against ῾Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house from beginning to end.

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity, seeing that he knew that his sons were blaspheming, and he restrained them not.

And therefore I have sworn to the house of ῾Eli, that the iniquity of ῾Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.

And Shemu᾽el lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Shemu᾽el feared to show ῾Eli the vision.

Then ῾Eli called Shemu᾽el, and said, Shemu᾽el my son, And he answered, Here am I.

And he said, What is the thing that the Lord said to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said to thee.

And Shemu᾽el told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seems good in his eyes.

And Shemu᾽el grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

And all Yisra᾽el from Dan to Be᾽er-sheva knew that Shemu᾽el was accredited as a prophet of the Lord.

And the Lord appeared again in Shilo: for the Lord revealed himself to Shemu᾽el in Shilo by the word of the Lord.