Who was the mother of the prophet Samuel?

Who was the mother of the prophet Samuel? Hannah was Samuel’s mother.

In the opening chapters of 1 Samuel, Hannah is one of Elkanah’s two wives. His other wife, Peninnah, had children, while Hannah was initially childless and suffered repeated taunts. During a pilgrimage to the sanctuary at Shiloh, Hannah prayed intensely for a son and vowed to dedicate him to God.

The priest Eli first mistook her silent, emotional prayer for drunkenness, but after hearing her explanation, he blessed her. Hannah conceived and gave birth to Samuel. Once the child was weaned, she brought him to Shiloh and entrusted him to Eli’s care, fulfilling her vow. Samuel later became a prophet, judge, and anointer of Israel’s first kings, Saul and David.

A common mix-up is confusing Hannah with Samuel’s father, Elkanah, or with Peninnah, who was Elkanah’s other wife. Hannah is also associated with the Song of Hannah, a prayer of thanksgiving recorded in 1 Samuel 2.