1 Samuel 3:10-21

New King James Version

¹⁰ Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”

And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”

¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel ^(A)at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹² In that day I will perform against Eli ^(B)all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. ^13 (C)For I have told him that I will ^(D)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because ^(E)his sons made themselves vile, and he ^(F)did not ^[a]restrain them. ¹⁴ And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house ^(G)shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

¹⁵ So Samuel lay down until ^[b]morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision. ¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!”

He answered, “Here I am.”

¹⁷ And he said, “What is the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. ^(H)God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.” ¹⁸ Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, ^(I)“It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”

¹⁹ So Samuel ^(J)grew, and ^(K)the Lord was with him ^(L)and let none of his words ^[c]fall to the ground. ²⁰ And all Israel ^(M)from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been ^[d]established as a prophet of the Lord. ²¹ Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by ^(N)the word of the Lord.