1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:19–28
19The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah.
And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. 20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,dsaying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
21Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, 22but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”e
23“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.”f
So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull,g an ephah of flour,h and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. 25And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. 27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him, 28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.”
So they worshipedi the LORD there.
Footnotes
- d 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God.
- e 1:22 MT; DSS include I will offer him as a Nazirite for all time.
- f 1:23 MT; DSS, LXX, and Syriac your word
- g 1:24 DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT three bulls
- h 1:24 An ephah is approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters (probably about 25.5 pounds or 11.6 kilograms of flour).
- i 1:28 One DSS manuscript; MT he worshiped
Cross-references
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1 Samuel 1:19 Genesis 21:1 · Genesis 30:22 · 1 Samuel 1:11 · Genesis 4:1 · Psalm 119:147 · Psalm 25:7 · Psalm 55:17 · Genesis 8:1 · 1 Samuel 9:26 · Luke 23:42 · Mark 1:35 · 1 Samuel 1:1
1 Samuel 1:20 Genesis 41:51–52 · Exodus 2:10 · Matthew 1:21 · Exodus 2:22
1 Samuel 1:21 1 Samuel 1:3 · Deuteronomy 12:11
1 Samuel 1:22 1 Samuel 1:11 · 1 Samuel 1:28 · Luke 2:22 · Deuteronomy 16:16 · Leviticus 25:23 · 1 Samuel 2:11 · Luke 2:41–42 · 1 Samuel 3:1 · 1 Samuel 2:18
1 Samuel 1:23 2 Samuel 7:25
1 Samuel 1:24 Numbers 15:9–10 · 1 Samuel 4:3–4 · Joshua 18:1 · Deuteronomy 12:5–6 · Deuteronomy 12:11
1 Samuel 1:25 Luke 18:15–16 · Luke 2:22
1 Samuel 1:26 2 Kings 2:6 · 2 Kings 2:2 · 2 Kings 2:4 · 2 Kings 4:30 · 1 Samuel 20:3 · 2 Samuel 11:11 · 1 Samuel 17:55
1 Samuel 1:27 1 John 5:15 · Matthew 7:7 · Psalm 66:19–20 · Psalm 118:5 · Psalm 6:9 · 1 Samuel 1:11–13 · Psalm 116:1–5
1 Samuel 1:28 Genesis 24:26 · Genesis 24:52 · 1 Samuel 1:11 · 2 Timothy 3:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.