Eli

What the Bible says

1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3; 1 Samuel 4:18

So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo: And Heli the priest sitting upon a stool, before the door of the temple of the Lord:

1 Samuel 1:17, 24-28

¹⁷Then Heli said to her: Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, which thou hast asked of him. ²⁴And after she had weaned him, she carried him with her, with three calves, and three bushels of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him to the house of the Lord in Silo. Now the child was as yet very young: ²⁵And they immolated a calf, and offered the child to Heli. ²⁶And Anna said: I beseech thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord: I am that woman who stood before thee here praying to the Lord. ²⁷For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him. ²⁸Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:

1 Samuel 3:8-9

⁸And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose up and went to Heli. ⁹And said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. Then Heli understood that the Lord called the child, and he said to Samuel: Go, and sleep: and if he shall call thee any more, thou shalt say: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and slept in his place.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.