1 Samuel 3:4–14

⁴that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “^aHere I am.”

⁵Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.

⁶Then Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he ¹answered, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”

^7aNow Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, nor had the word of Yahweh yet been revealed to him.

⁸So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy.

⁹And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for Your slave is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹⁰Then Yahweh came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your slave is listening.”

¹¹And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, ^aI am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

¹²“In that day ^aI will establish against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

¹³“And ^aI have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for ^bthe iniquity which he knew because ^chis sons have been bringing a curse on themselves, but ^dhe did not rebuke them.

¹⁴“Now therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that ^athe iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”