³and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, Samuel was lying in the temple^c of Yahweh where the ark of God was. ⁴Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, “Here I am!” ⁵And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” But he said, “I did not call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. ⁶And Yahweh called Samuel again, so Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” And he said, “I did not call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” ⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸Again Yahweh called Samuel a third time, so he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh was calling the boy. ⁹So Eli said to Samuel “Go lie down. If he calls^d to you, then you must say, ‘Speak Yahweh, because your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹⁰Then Yahweh came and stood there and called out as before,^e “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, because your servant is listening.”

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1 Samuel 3:10: And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant hears.”

Footnotes

cAlthough the Hebrew text reads “temple,” this is a reference to the tabernacle (see 1:3, 9)
dLiterally “And it will happen that if he calls”
eLiterally “as an occurrence, in an occurrence”