Before the lamp goes out

1The boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli, and the word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

2On that day, Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim; he could not see.

3And the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was.