| 1 | Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy. | |
| 2 | For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? | |
| 3 | Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation. | |
| 4 | But God said to him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. | |
| 5 | The boy king will eventually return to the peace and quiet he enjoyed for more than three millennia. |