18. But Samuel ministered before the Lord, as a boy, wearing a linen ephod.
19. Now his mother would make him a little coat and brought it to him every year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20. And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “The Lord give you offspring from this woman for the sake of the request which was made to the Lord.” Then they would return to their home.
21. The Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.
22. Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, even that they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.