1 Samuel 3:4-14

4that the Lord called Samuel; and he said, “1Here I am.” 5Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, lie down again.” So he went and lay down. 6The Lord called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he 2answered, “I did not call, my son, lie down again.” 73Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord yet been revealed to him. 8So the Lord 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 the Lord was calling the boy. 9And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10Then the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” 11The Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, 4I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12In that day 5I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13For 6I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for 7the iniquity which he knew, because 8his sons brought a curse on themselves and 9he did not rebuke them. 14Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that 10the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”