15 Then Shemuel lay down again until the morning when he opened the doors of Yahweh’s house as usual, but he was scared to tell Eli about the vision. 16 But Eli called him, “Shemuel, my son.”

“Here I am,” he answered.

17 “What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you severely if you hide a single word from everything he told you.” 18 So Shemuel told him everything without hiding anything. Then Eli answered, “It’s Yahweh. May he do whatever he thinks best.”

19 As Shemuel grew up, Yahweh was with him and nothing he said failed to happen, 20 so all Israel from Dan in the north and as far as Beersheba in the south knew that Shemuel was a faithful prophet of Yahweh. 21 Over time, Yahweh continued to appear in Shiloh and to reveal his plans through Shemuel

4 and Shemuel’s messages went to all Israel.