1 Samuel 3:1-3

Darby Translation

3 And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

³ and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel lay in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was,