11 And she went on to make a vow+ and say: “O Jehovah of armies, if you will without fail look upon the affliction of your slave girl+ and actually remember me,+ and you will not forget your slave girl and actually give to your slave girl a male offspring, I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head.”+

3 All the while the boy Samuel was ministering+ to Jehovah before Eʹli, and word from Jehovah+ had become rare in those days;+ there was no vision+ being spread abroad.

15 And Samuel continued lying down until the morning.* Then he opened the doors of Jehovah’s house.+ And Samuel was afraid to tell Eʹli of the appearing.+