1 Samuel 2:11
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And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.

minister

1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore 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 3:1,15 Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision. . . .

Context
Hannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving
10The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens: The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt the horn of his Christ. 11And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:1
There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the son of Suph, an Ephraimite:

1 Samuel 1:19
And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: And the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore 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 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:1
Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision.

1 Samuel 7:17
And he returned to Ramatha: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

Lexicon
Then Elkanah
אֶלְקָנָ֛ה (’el·qā·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 511: Elkanah -- 'God has created', the name of several Israelites

went
וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

home
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

to Ramah,
הָרָמָ֖תָה (hā·rā·mā·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7414: Ramah -- 'height', the name of several places in Israel

but the boy
וְהַנַּ֗עַר (wə·han·na·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

began ministering
מְשָׁרֵת֙ (mə·šā·rêṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8334: To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to

to
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

before
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

Eli
עֵלִ֥י (‘ê·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh

the priest.
הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest


Additional Translations
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister to the LORD before Eli the priest.

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest.

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, in the presence of Eli the priest;
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