1 Samuel 2:18
King James Version
“But Samuel ministered before the LORD, a child, girded with a linen ephod.”
Context
15Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16And any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and take as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, but thou shalt give now: and if not, I will take by force.
17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.