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, go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6And the Lord called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son, go back and lie down.” 72Now 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 got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized 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 the other times: “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” 11Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, 3I am going to do a thing in Israel, and both ears of everyone who hears about it will ring. 12On that day 4I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end. 13For 5I have told him that I am going to judge his house forever for 6the wrongdoing that he knew, because 7his sons were bringing a curse on themselves and 8he did not rebuke them. 14Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that 9the wrongdoing of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”