Yahweh Calls Samuel

3 Now ^(A)the young boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And ^(B)word from Yahweh was rare in those days; ^[a]visions were infrequent.

^3 (A)Now for many days Israel was without the true God and without ^(B)a teaching priest and without law.

^26 (A)Disaster will come upon disaster, and ^(B)report will be added to report; then they will seek a ^(C)vision from a prophet, but the ^(D)law will be lost from the priest and ^(E)counsel from the elders.