1 Samuel 1:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ Hannah got up after she had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the chair by the doorpost of the tent^[a] of the Lord. ¹⁰ Deeply distressed, she prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. ¹¹ Hannah^[b] made a vow: “Lord of the Heavenly Armies, if you just look at the misery of your maid servant, remember me, and don’t forget your maid servant. If you give your maid servant a son,^[c] then I’ll give him to the Lord^[d] for all the days of his life,^[e] and a razor is never to touch^[f] his head.”