Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”ġ1 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.

9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.ġ0 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel! ( M)” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call go back and lie down.”ħ Now Samuel did not yet know ( J) the Lord: The word ( K) of the Lord had not yet been revealed ( L) to him.Ĩ A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am you called me.” ( I)” 5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am you called me.”īut Eli said, “I did not call go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.Ħ Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am you called me.” 3 The lamp ( F) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house ( G) of the Lord, where the ark ( H) of God was.

( C)Ģ One night Eli, whose eyes ( D) were becoming so weak that he could barely see, ( E) was lying down in his usual place. In those days the word of the Lord was rare ( B) there were not many visions. 3 The boy Samuel ministered ( A) before the Lord under Eli.

Tell me why: chapters 1-3