1 Samuel 1:19-1 Samuel 2:11 - The Birth Of Samuel
19 And they rose up early and bowed themselves before the LORD, and then returned and went to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah lay by his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. 20 And in process of time she conceived and bare a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the LORD.
21 And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer unto the LORD, both the offerings due for the feast and also his vows. 22 But Hannah went not up, for she said unto her husband, "I will tarry until the lad be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and there abide forever."
23 And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seemeth thee best: tarry until thou hast weaned him, only the LORD make good his saying." And so the woman abode and gave her son suck, until she weaned him. 24 And then she took him with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks and an ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him into the house of the LORD in Shiloh, how be it the child was yet young. 25 And they slew the bullocks and brought in the lad to Eli,
26 and then she said, "Oh my lord, as truly as thy soul liveth my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 And for this lad I prayed, and the LORD hath given me my desire which I asked of him: 28 and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.
1 And Hannah prayed and said, "Mine heart rejoiceth in the LORD. Mine horn is high in the LORD and my mouth is wide open over mine enemies, for I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none so holy as the LORD: no, there is none save thou. Neither is there any strength like unto our God. 3 Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts. 4 The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength. 5 They that were full, have hired out themselves for bread, and they that were hungry cease so to be: insomuch that the barren hath borne seven, and she that had many children is waxed feeble. 6 The LORD killeth and maketh alive; bringeth down to hell and fetcheth up again. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; bringeth low, and heaveth up on high. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong. 10 The LORD's adversaries shall be made to fear him: and out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the world, and shall give might unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house, and the lad did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.