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Eli's eyes had become weak. He could not see very well. One night, he was sleeping in his usual place. The lamp of God was still burning.[a] Samuel was lying down to sleep near the Covenant Box in the Lord's house. Then the Lord called out to Samuel. Samuel answered, ‘Here I am.’

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 ‘The lamp of God’. See Exodus 25:31-40.

One night Eli, whose eyes(A) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,(B) was lying down in his usual place. The lamp(C) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house(D) of the Lord, where the ark(E) of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel.

Samuel answered, “Here I am.(F)

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