So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh.
"No razor shall touch his head." From this, we may conclude that Samuel was a Nazarite for life, but Samuel's right to prophesy, to offer sacrifices, and to give commandments to kings did not derive from this, but solely from his being directly called by the Lord to the prophetic office.