1 Samuel 2:18-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

¹⁸ Now ^(A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy ^[a](B)wearing a linen ephod. ¹⁹ And his mother would make him a little ^(C)robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer ^(D)the yearly sacrifice. ²⁰ Then Eli would ^(E)bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you ^[b]children from this woman in place of ^[c]the one she ^(F)dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own ^[d]home.