"There Is No Rock Like Our God" - Continue

 As the months passed, Hannah's peace of mind flowered into unbridled delight. She was pregnant! In her joy, Hannah never for a moment forgot where this blessing had come from. When the boy was born, she chose the name Samuel, which means "Name of God" and evidently refers to calling on the divine name, as Hannah had done. That year, she did not join Elkanah and the family for the trek to Shiloh. She stayed home with the for three years, until he was weaned. Then she gathered her strength the day on which she would have to part with her beloved son.

The parting could not have been easy. Of course, Hannah knew that Samuel would be cared for in Shiloh, perhaps by some of the women who served at the tabernacle. Still, he was so young, and what mother does not long to be with her child? Nonetheless, Hannah and Elkanah brought the boy, not begrudgingly, but gratefully.  They offered sacrifices at God's house, and they presented Samuel to Eli, reminding him of the vow Hannah had made there years earlier.

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