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Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept no offering from your hands.
On one occasion, Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.
he said: ‘Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, ‘Samuel, Samuel! ’ Samuel responded, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’
but Eli called him and said, ‘Samuel, my son.’ ‘Here I am,’ answered Samuel.
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.