¹⁵Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, ¹⁶but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” ¹⁷“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.” ¹⁸So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. ¹⁹And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. ²⁰So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. ²¹And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.