11 And she made this vow: “O Jehovah of armies, if you look upon the affliction of your servant and remember me and you do not forget your servant and give to your servant a male child,+ I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and no razor will touch his head.”+

3 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel was ministering+ to Jehovah before Eʹli, but word from Jehovah had become rare in those days; visions+ were not widespread.

15 Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of Jehovah’s house. Samuel was afraid to tell Eʹli of the vision.