1 Samuel 2:18-21

New King James Version

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. ²⁰ And Eli ^(D)would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the ^[a]loan that was ^(E)given to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home.

²¹ And the Lord ^(F)visited^[b] Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel ^(G)grew before the Lord.