16. Eli called him, “Samuel, my boy!”“Yes, sir,” answered Samuel.
17. “What did the Lord tell you?” Eli asked. “Don't keep anything from me. God will punish you severely if you don't tell me everything he said.”
18. So Samuel told him everything; he did not keep anything back. Eli said, “He is the Lord; he will do whatever seems best to him.”
19. As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and made everything that Samuel said come true.
20. So all the people of Israel, from one end of the country to the other, knew that Samuel was indeed a prophet of the Lord.
21. The Lord continued to reveal himself at Shiloh, where he had appeared to Samuel and had spoken to him. And when Samuel spoke, all Israel listened.