1. The boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days a prophecy from the Lord was rare; visions were infrequent.
2. One night Eli was lying down in his room. His eyesight had begun to fail so that he couldn’t see well.
3. The lamp in God’s temple hadn’t gone out yet, and Samuel was asleep in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was kept.
4. Then the Lord called Samuel. “Here I am,” Samuel responded.