Making a vow, she pleaded, ‘Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, 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.’ ,
Then I knelt low, worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, ‘After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence and to stay there permanently.’
David replied to Achish, ‘Good, you will find out what your servant can do.’ So Achish said to David, ‘Very well, I will appoint you as my permanent bodyguard.’
When Gideon heard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to Israel’s camp and said, ‘Get up, for the Lord has handed the Midianite camp over to you.’
Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: ‘May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.’ Then they would go home.