3:2–3 Vv. 2–3 provide background information and setting for the action, which begins only in v. 4 with the form וַיִּקְרָא (wayyiqra') (“and [Yahweh] called”). The MT creates a contrast between Eli and Samuel by the centrality and marginality of their sleeping places.388 Samuel is lying down in the temple where the ark is, at the center, which is the place of revelation and fellowship with God. Eli is lying in his room (literally, “in his place”), which is outside of the sanctuary and marginal to