1 Samuel Chapter 3
The Call of Samuel
1 The boy Samuel continued to serve Yahveh with Eli. A message from Yahveh rarely came at that time; visions weren’t frequent. 2 Eli was lying down. (His eyesight had gotten bad.) 3 Yahveh’s lamp hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was lying down in the Tabernacle where the Ark of God was. 4 Yahveh called out to him. He said, “Yes?” 5 He ran to Eli and said, “You called.” But he said, “I didn’t call; lie back down.” So he went and lay down. Yahveh called out again, “Samuel.” He got up and went to Eli, “You called.” But he answered, “I didn’t call you, son; lie back down.” 7 Samuel didn’t know Yahveh yet, and Yahveh hadn’t revealed a message to him before. 8 Yahveh called out to him the third time. He got up and went to Eli, “You called.” Eli surmised that Yahveh was calling the boy. 9 He told him, “Go lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Yes, Yahveh; I’m listening.’” So he went and lay down.
1 Sam 3:1-9
10 Yahveh came and stood and called out like before, “Samuel!”
He said, “Yes, Yahveh, I’m listening.”
11 He said,
“I’m about to do something in Israel that will make everybody’s ears ring. 12 I’ll carry out against Eli everything I’ve said about his house from beginning to end. 13 I told him I’m about to condemn his house forever for the sin he knew about. His sons have brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them. 14 I’ve sworn to his house that sacrifice and offering won’t atone for its great sin.”
15 Samuel lay down till morning. He opened the doors of Yahveh’s Tabernacle, but he was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
16 Then Eli called him.
17 “What did he say? Don’t hold it back from me. God do so to you and more if you keep back anything he said.”
18 Samuel told him everything.
“It’s Yahveh. Let him do what he thinks is right.”
19 Samuel grew, Yahveh was with him, and didn’t let any of his message fail. 20 Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew he was confirmed as a prophet for Yahveh. 21 Yahveh appeared again at Shiloh and revealed himself to Samuel in a message.
1 Sam 3:10-20