17. “What did the lord say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!”
18. So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the lord’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”
19. As Samuel grew up, the lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
20. And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the lord.
21. The lord continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.