This barren woman was mistakenly thought to be drunk by the priest when earnestly praying for a child, but God blessed her and she bore Samuel.

This mother was forced to share her husband with her younger sister, but she bore Judah, through whose line the Savior came.

This Levite woman gave birth to a son and hid him for three months to save his life, then placed him in a small boat in the Nile river. He was later named Moses.

This mother was warned by an angel not to drink wine, eat anything unclean, or to cut her son's hair.

This mother, a concubine of Saul, protected her beloved sons' remains after they were executed, by fighting off birds of prey by day and wild beasts by night.

This mother uttered a curse in the hearing of her son, who then confessed that he had stolen 1,100 shekels of silver from her.

When this mother heard the news that the Ark of the Covenant had been captured and that her husband and father-in-law were dead, she went into labor, gave birth to a son, and died.

This mother recommended that the prophet Daniel be summoned to interpret the writings on the wall that God had sent to her son for defying him. Her son was killed that night.

This Jewish mother, who was married to a Gentile, was commended by Paul for her faith and for bringing her son,Timothy, up in the Lord.

The wife of Jeroboam disguised herself to seek guidance from Ahijah the prophet, to learn if her sick son would survive. The prophet told her that her son would die, and that her husband's idolatrous kingdom would also be destroyed.