Listen, Jack, here's the deal! God was calling out to young Samuel but he didn't know it was God at first. He was like, "What was that?" and he went to Eli three times and Eli knew it was God talkin' to him. I tell you what, no malarkey, this was serious stuff! Eli finally told Samuel to say, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth". Or uh, you know, I'm not jokin', the Lord opened up Samuel's ears and he was able to hear God speak! See here, Jack, it was no ordinary conversation. God was telling him about all the bad stuff he was going to do to Eli and his family. Literally, I'm not kidding, he was saying he was gonna take the priesthood away from Eli's family and give it to someone else. My father used to say you gotta listen up when God is talking! Sorry, excuse me, not gonna happen that Eli's family retain the priesthood. Anyway, c'mon man, God was telling Samuel a lot of things and he listened closely!