1 Samuel 3:6-8

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⁶ Then the Lord again called out, “Samuel!”

So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am! You called me.”

He said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” ⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord and had not yet had the word of the Lord revealed to him.

⁸ Then the Lord called out to Samuel again a third time, and he got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am! You called me.”

Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy,