²⁰ And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(A) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.^{(B) 21} The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed^(C) himself to Samuel through his word.

¹⁰ In her deep anguish^(A) Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. ¹¹ And she made a vow,^(B) saying, “Lord Almighty^(C), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember^(D) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,^(E) and no razor^(F) will ever be used on his head.”

²⁰ So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.^(A) She named^(B) him Samuel,^[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

Hannah Dedicates Samuel

²¹ When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual^(D) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,^{(E) 22} Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present^(F) him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”^[b]

²³ “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good^(G) his^[c] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned^(H) him.

²⁴ After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,^[d](I) an ephah^[e] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. ²⁵ When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, ²⁶ and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. ²⁷ I prayed^(J) for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. ²⁸ So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life^(K) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.