1 Samuel 3:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Prophetic Call to Samuel

3 Now ^(A)the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And ^(B)word from the Lord was rare in those days, ^[a]visions were infrequent.

² It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now ^(C)his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), ³ and ^(D)the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,