6. Then the lord called out again, “Samuel!”Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”“I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”
7. Samuel did not yet know the lord because he had never had a message from the lord before.
8. So the lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?”Then Eli realized it was the lord who was calling the boy.
9. So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, lord, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.
10. And the lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”
11. Then the lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.
12. I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.