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18 Samuel, though only a child, was the Lord’s helper and wore a little linen robe just like the priest’s.[a] 19 Each year his mother made a little coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:18 a little linen robe just like the priest’s, literally, “a linen ephod.”

Samuel’s Childhood Ministry

18 (A)But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, (B)wearing a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she (C)came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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18 But Samuel was ministering(A) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(B) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual(C) sacrifice.

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