31 Behold, the days are coming in which I will cut thy arm and the arm of thy father's house, so that there shall be no old man in thy house;

32 And thou shalt see the calamity of my tabernacle, even though the Lord does good to Israel, and an old man shall not be in thy house all the days,

33 I will not put away from thee all from my altar, to afflict thy eyes and torment thy soul; but all the offspring of thy house shall die in middle age.

34 And this is the sign that will follow you with your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die in the same day.

35 And I will appoint for myself a faithful priest; he will walk after my heart and after my soul; and I will make his house strong, and he shall walk before my anointed one always;

36 And every one who remains of thy house shall come to worship him for the sake of a hera of silver and a piece of bread, and shall say, 'Number me in some Levitical office, that I may have sustenance.'

Chapter 3

1 The lad Samuel served the Lord under Elijah; the word of the Lord was rare in those days, visions were not frequent.

2 And it came to pass, while Eli was laying in his place, that his eyes began to shake, and he could not see,

3 And the lamp of God was not yet extinguished, and Samuel lay in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was;

4 And the LORD cried unto Samuel, And he answered, Behold, I am!

5 And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I! You called me. But he said, I did not call you; Go back and lie down. And he went and lay down.

6 But the Lord called to Samuel another time, [Samuel, Samuel!] He arose, and came to Eli a second time, and said, 'Here am I! You called me. But he said, "I did not call you, my son; Go back and lie down.

7 Samuel did not yet know the voice of the Lord, and the word of the Lord was not yet revealed to him.