1 Samuel 1:19-1 Samuel 2:11 - The Birth Of Samuel
19 The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early. After worshiping Jehovah, they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah and Jehovah answered her prayer. 20 So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel. She explained: I asked Jehovah for him.
21 The time came again for Elkanah and his family to go to Shiloh and offer to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice and the special sacrifice he promised. 22 This time Hannah did not go. She told her husband: As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the Temple of Jehovah, where he will stay all his life.
23 Elkanah answered: All right, do what seems best to you. Stay at home until you have weaned him. May Jehovah make your promise come true. So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her child. 24 After she weaned him she took him to Shiloh. She also took a three-year-old bull, a bushel of flour, and a leather bag full of wine. She took Samuel, young as he was, to the Temple of Jehovah at Shiloh. 25 First they slaughtered the bull. Then they took the child to Eli the priest.
26 Hannah said to him: My lord. Do you remember me? I am the woman you saw standing here, praying to Jehovah. 27 I asked him for this child. He gave me what I asked of him. 28 So I am dedicating (giving) (granting) him to Jehovah. As long as he lives, he will belong to Jehovah. Then they worshiped Jehovah there.
1 Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in Jehovah. My horn (strength) (power) is exalted in Jehovah. I speak against (mock) my enemies because I rejoice in your salvation. 2 No one is as holy as Jehovah. There is none beside you. Neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Boast no more so proudly. Remove arrogance from your mouth. Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and he measures his actions (deeds). 4 The bows of the mighty are broken. Those who stumbled are girded with strength. 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for food. The hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven. She who has had many sons has languished. 6 Jehovah kills and makes alive. He brings down to the grave and brings up. 7 Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high. 8 He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among the princes. He causes them to inherit a throne of glory (honor). The pillars of the earth are Jehovah's. He sets the world on them. 9 He guards the feet of his holy ones. The wicked are silenced in darkness. Man will not prevail by strength. 10 The adversaries of Jehovah will be broken to pieces. He thunders in the heavens against them. Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king and exalt the horn (power) of His anointed.
11 Elkanah went home to Ramah. The child served Jehovah before Eli the priest.