1 Samuel 3:4–14

⁴That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. ⁵And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. ⁶And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. ^7||Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. ⁸And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. ⁹Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. ¹⁰And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. ¹¹And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, ^fat which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. ¹²In that day I will perform against Eli ^gall things which I have spoken concerning his house: ^†when I begin, I will also make an end. ^13||gFor I have told him that I will ^hjudge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because ⁱhis sons made themselves ^||vile, and he ^†krestrained them not. ¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that ^lthe iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.