10 Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.  * 1:10 1Sm 30:6; 2Kg 4:2711 Making a vow,  * 1:11 Nm 30:6–11 she pleaded, "Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction,  * 1:11 Gn 29:32 remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut."  * 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head,* 1:11 Nm 6:5; Jdg 13:5; 16:7

12 While she continued praying in the Lord’s presence, Eli watched her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying silently,  * 1:13 Gn 24:42–45 and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, "How long are you going to be drunk?  * 1:14 Ac 2:4,13 Get rid of your wine! "

15 "No, my lord," Hannah replied. "I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.  * 1:15 Ps 62:816 Don’t think of me as a wicked woman;  * 1:16 1Sm 2:12 I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment."  * 1:16 Lk 6:45

17 Eli responded, "Go in peace,  * 1:17 1Sm 25:35; 2Kg 5:19; Mk 5:34 and may the God of Israel grant the request you’ve made of him."  * 1:17 Ru 2:13

18 "May your servant find favor with you,"  * 1:18 Ru 2:13 she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer looked despondent.  * 1:18 Lit and her face was not to her again,* 1:18 Rm 15:13

19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah.  * 1:19 1Sm 1:1; 2:11 Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.  * 1:19 Gn 8:1; 30:22; 1Sm 1:1120 After some time,  * 1:20 Lit In the turning of the days Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,  * 1:20 In Hb, the name Samuel sounds like the phrase "requested from God." because she said, "I requested him from the Lord."