Did not yet know the Lord - that is, in His supernatural communication, as follows at the end of the verse. The rendering of this verse in t…

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.

And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no ope…

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord
He knew that Jehovah, the God of Israel, was the true God; he had spiritual kno…

The call that Divine grace intends to make effectual will be repeated until it succeeds, until we heed the call. Eli, perceiving that it was the vo…