3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. 5 Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
1 tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”
2 tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”
3 tn Or “look.”
4 tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”
5 tn Heb “before Eli.”