The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.

And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”

Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”

Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning.

Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.