1 Samuel 3:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Lord Calls Samuel

3 The boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days a prophecy from the Lord was rare; visions were infrequent. ² One night Eli was lying down in his room. His eyesight had begun to fail so that he couldn’t see well. ³ The lamp in God’s temple ^[a] hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was asleep in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was kept.