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1 Samuel 1:25-27
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 1:25-27
New Catholic Bible
25 After they sacrificed the bull, they brought the child to Eli. 26 [a]She said, “Oh my lord, as my soul lives, I am the woman who stood beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted the request that I made of him.
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- 1 Samuel 1:26 True to her word, Hannah—without regrets—presented her son Samuel to Eli to serve God as she had promised (1:11). This heroic sacrifice was her tribute to the Lord, who had given him to Hannah in the first place.
