Samuels story in the bible samuel was a levite from the descendants of kohath he was one of the few biblical characters to have a detailed birth narrative his story in the bible began with a barren woman hannah praying to god for a child the bible says the lord remembered her and she became pregnant. A little boy serves god isnt this a good looking little boy his name is samuel and the man with his hand on samuels head is israels high priest eli that is samuels father elkanah and his mother hannah who are bringing samuel to eli samuel is only about four or five years old. Hannah gave samuel to the priest eli so he could be taught to serve the lord as a child samuel heard from god that he was going to be a prophet and judge in israel before samuels time a prophet was called a seer but samuel was not just a forecaster of the future but became a mouthpiece for god he was used by god to inform eli that his house would be punished for the abuses and the perversions of his sons who were the priests of the people the priest was a mediator for god to