One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing,(A) was lying in his room. Before the lamp of God had gone out,(B) Samuel was lying down in the tabernacle of the Lord, where the ark of God was located.

Then the Lord called Samuel,[a] and he answered, “Here I am.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:4 DSS, LXX read called, “Samuel! Samuel!”

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