And yer the [a]light of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lord, where the Ark of God was.

Then the Lord [b]called Samuel: and he said, Here I am.

And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou calledst me. But he said, I called thee not: go again and sleep. And he went and slept.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:3 That is, the lamps which burnt in the night.
  2. 1 Samuel 3:4 Josephus writeth that Samuel was 12 years old, when the Lord appeared to him.

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