1 Samuel 3:1-2

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Prophetic Call to Samuel

3 Now ^(A)the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli. And ^(B)word from the Lord was rare in those days, ^[a]visions were infrequent.

² It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now ^(C)his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well),