13. I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons were bringing curses on themselves, but he did not rebuke them.
14. Therefore I swore to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli would not be atoned for by sacrifice or by offering forever.”
15. So Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, but Samuel was afraid of telling the vision to Eli.
16. Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” And he said, “Here I am.”
17. And he said, “What is the message that he spoke to you? Please do not conceal it from me. May God punish you severely if you conceal anything from me of all the words that he told you.”
18. So Samuel told him all the words and did not conceal anything from him. And he said, “He is Yahweh, he will do what is good in his sight.”
19. And Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him. He did not allow any of his prophecies to go unfulfilled.
20. All Israel from Dan to Beersheba realized that Samuel was faithful as a prophet to Yahweh.