1 Samuel 1:24-26

Common English Bible

²⁴ When he had been weaned and was still very young,^[a] Hannah took him, along with a three-year-old bull,^[b] an ephah^[c] of flour, and a jar of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. ²⁵ They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.

²⁶ “Excuse me, sir!” Hannah said. “As surely as you live, sir, I am the woman who stood here next to you, praying to the Lord.