Samuel - that is, heard of God, because he was given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.

And called his name Samuel—the words translated “because I have asked him of the Lord,” do not explain the meaning of the name “Sa…

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about, after
Hannah had conceived
O…

Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move until they had worshipped God…