Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
"God do so to you and more"  (1 Samuel 3:17).  "This type of imprecation is found in the Books of Samuel, Kings and Ruth, but nowhere else in the Bible."[26]  It is of interest that almost the exact words of this oath are found in the threat of Jezebel against Elijah (1 Kings 19:2). How strange it is that Jezebel and Eli should both have been familiar with this type of threat.