3 And the na’ar Shmuel ministered unto Hashem before Eli. And the Devar Hashem was yakar (precious, dear, rare) in those days; there was no chazon nifratz ([prophetic] vision open, spread out, common, i.e., prophetic vision was uncommon).

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his makom (his eyes had began to grow dim, that he could not see);