The Child Samuel at Shiloh

¹⁸ Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.^{(A) 19} His mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.^{(B) 20} Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord repay^[a] you with children by this woman for the loan that she made to^[b] the Lord,” and then they would return to their home.^(C)

²⁶ Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.^(A)