Where Is Samuel Sleeping?

In chapter three of the bible, when god calls samuel. Where is samuel sleeping? He is sleeping for the ark of the lord. While others were going about their business, Samuel had parked himself and camped himself in the very presence of god. And that's exactly what we see happen as the arK of god is captured. The people of israe treat it like a weapon, baser, basely treating thy treating the ark not as it truly is, which is the presence of god himself, but as a toy. So they send ashdod from the temple to defend themselves against this philistine army. But one of the things thats revealed