1 Samuel 3:1-2
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ContextThe Call of Samuel
3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. 1 Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
1 tn Heb “before Eli.”