She might well have recalled what formerly barren Hannah had prayed when she brought Samuel to serve at the tabernacle: “Jehovah... brings down to the Grave, and he raises up. ”
فَحِينَ أَخَذَتْ حَنَّةُ ٱبْنَهَا لِيَخْدُمَ فِي ٱلْمَسْكَنِ ،‏ قَالَتْ إِنَّ ‹ يَهْوَهَ يُحْيِي › .‏