1 Samuel 3:13-21 ▼

13 I've told him that I'm about to judge his family forever because of the iniquity that he knew about. His sons committed blasphemy and he did not rebuke them.

14 Therefore I've sworn concerning Eli's family that the iniquity of his family is not to be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.|

15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD, but he was afraid to report the vision to Eli.

16 Then Eli called Samuel: |Samuel, my son.| He said, |Here I am.|

17 Eli said, |What did the LORD say to you? Please don't conceal anything from me. May God do this to you and even more if you conceal from me one word of all that he spoke to you.|

18 So Samuel told him everything—he did not conceal anything from him. Eli said, |He is the LORD. May he do what seems good to him.|

19 As Samuel grew, the LORD was with him and did not let any of Samuel's predictions fail.

20 All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as the LORD's prophet.

21 The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because he revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by means of messages from the LORD.