A search of I Samuel 1 (KJV):
Elkanah, who was from Ramathaim-zophim of mount Ephraim, had two wives. One wife was named Hannah who had no children. The other wife was named Peninnah who had children. Yearly, Elkanah went to Shiloh for worship and sacrifice to the Lord. When Elkanah offered, he gave his family their portion also.
Hannah was provoked yearly by her adversary because ‘the Lord had shut up [Hannah’s] womb’ (v. 6). The provocation caused Hannah to weep and she would not eat. Elkanah wondered why she weeped and he tried to console her.
In her bitterness, Hannah turned to the Lord in prayer to request a male child. Hannah vowed, if given a male child, she would ‘…give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head” (v. 11).
Eli, the priest present while Hannah prayed, said for Hannah to “Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him” (v. 17). Afterwards, Hannah ate and was no longer sad.
The Lord answered Hannah’s prayer by giving her a son who Hannah named Samuel. Hannah told her husband that she would not go to worship until Samuel was weaned and then she would “…bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever” (v. 22).
“And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath giveth me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there” (vs. 24-28).
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