¹⁷ And he said, “What is the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. ^(A)God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He said to you.”

¹⁸ Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, ^(A)“It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him.”

²⁰ how ^(A)I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,