1 Samuel 3:1-3

New English Translation

The Call of Samuel

3 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision.^[a] Receiving a message from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

² Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place, ³ and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there.