CHAPTER XII.
SAMUEL, THE CHILD OF GOD.
There was a man of Is-ra-el who went up each year from the town of Ra-mah to a place called Shi-loh to pay his vows to the Lord of hosts. And his wife, whose name was Han-nah, went with him. The man's name was El-ka-nah.
SAM-U-EL.
E-li was the high-priest at that time, and as he sat in the Lord's house he saw Han-nah on her knees with her eyes full of tears.
And he spoke to her in a kind voice, and said: May God grant thee what thou dost ask of him. And Han-nah was glad at the high-priest's words, for she had asked God to give her a son.
And the Lord gave Han-nah a son, and she called his name Sam-u-el, which means "Asked of the Lord."