4. The Lord called to Samuel. "I’m here," he said.
5. Samuel hurried to Eli and said, "I’m here. You called me?""I didn’t call you," Eli replied. "Go lie down." So he did.
6. Again the Lord called Samuel, so Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "I’m here. You called me?""I didn’t call, my son," Eli replied. "Go and lie down."(
7. Now Samuel didn’t yet know the Lord, and the Lord’s word hadn’t yet been revealed to him.)
8. A third time the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, "I’m here. You called me?"Then Eli realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.
9. So Eli said to Samuel, "Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord. Your servant is listening.’" So Samuel went and lay down where he’d been.
10. Then the Lord came and stood there, calling just as before, "Samuel, Samuel!"Samuel said, "Speak. Your servant is listening."
11. The Lord said to Samuel, "I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of all who hear it tingle!
12. On that day, I will bring to pass against Eli everything I said about his household—every last bit of it!
13. I told him that I would punish his family forever because of the wrongdoing he knew about—how his sons were cursing God, but he wouldn’t stop them.