1 Samuel 3:15-21

New International Version

¹⁵ Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, ¹⁶ but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”

Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

¹⁷ “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide^(A) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,^(B) if you hide from me anything he told you.” ¹⁸ So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”^(C)

¹⁹ The Lord was with^(D) Samuel as he grew^(E) up, and he let none^(F) of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. ²⁰ And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(G) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.^{(H) 21} The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed^(I) himself to Samuel through his word.