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1Samuel 1
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The Birth of Samuel

1A certain man lived in Ramathaim Zophim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim. He was Jeroham's son Elkanah, the grandson of Jeroham, Elihu's son and grandson of Tohu, who was the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.H259H376H7436H2022H669H8034H511H1121H3395H1121H453H1121H8459H1121H6689H673
2He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.H8147H802H8034H259H2584H8034H8145H6444H6444H3206H2584H3206
3That man would go up from his town each year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of the Heavenly Armies at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons Hophni and Phineas served as priests of the Lord.H1931H376H5927H5892H3117H3117H7812H2076H3068H6635H7887H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H3548H3068
4On the day when Elkanah offered sacrifices, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,H3117H511H2076H5414H6444H802H1121H1323H4490
5but he would give twice as much to Hannah because he loved her. Now the Lord had closed her womb.H2584H5414H259H639H4490H157H2584H3068H5462H7358
6Her rival would provoke her severely so that she complained loudly because the Lord had closed her womb.H6869H3707H3708H7481H3068H5462H1157H7358
7Elkanah would do this year after year, as often as Hannah went up to the house of the Lord. Likewise, Peninnah would provoke her, and Hannah would cry and would not eat.H6213H8141H8141H1767H5927H1004H3068H3707H1058H398
8Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why are you crying and why don't you eat?Why are you upset?Am I not better to you than ten sons?"H559H511H376H2584H1058H398H3824H3415H2896H6235H1121
9Hannah got up after she had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the chair by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the Lord.H2584H6965H310H398H7887H310H8354H5941H3548H3427H3678H4201H1964H3068
10Deeply distressed, she prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.H4751H5315H6419H3068H1058H1058
11Hannah made a vow: "Lord of the Heavenly Armies, if you just look at the misery of your maid servant, remember me, and don't forget your maid servant. If you give your maid servant a son, then I'll give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and a razor shall never touch his head."H5087H5088H559H3068H6635H7200H7200H6040H519H2142H7911H519H5414H519H582H2233H5414H3068H3117H2416H4177H5927H7218
12As she continued to pray in the Lord's presence, Eli was watching her mouth.H7235H6419H6440H3068H5941H8104H6310
13Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.H2584H1696H3820H8193H5128H6963H8085H5941H2803H7910
14Eli said to her, "How long will you stay drunk?Put away your wine!"H5941H559H7937H5493H3196
15"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the Lord's presence.H2584H6030H559H113H802H7186H7307H8354H3196H7941H8210H5315H6440H3068
16Don't consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I've been speaking because I'm very anxious and distressed."H5414H519H6440H1323H1100H7230H7879H3708H1696
17"Go in peace," Eli answered. "May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him."H5941H6030H559H3212H7965H430H3478H5414H7596H7592
18She said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.H559H8198H4672H2580H5869H802H3212H1870H398H6440
19They got up early the next morning and worshipped in the Lord's presence, and then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.H7925H1242H7925H7812H6440H3068H7725H935H1004H7414H511H3045H2584H802H3068H2142
20By the time of the next year's sacrifice, Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel because she said, "I asked the Lord for him."H3117H8622H2584H2029H3205H1121H7121H8034H8050H7592H3068

Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord

21Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and pay his vow.H376H511H1004H5927H2076H3068H3117H2077H5088
22Hannah did not go up because she had said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I'll take him to appear in the Lord's presence and remain there forever.H2584H5927H559H376H5288H1580H935H7200H6440H3068H3427H5704H5769
23"Do what you want," Elkanah said to her. "Stay until you have weaned him, only may the Lord bring about what you have said." So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.H511H376H559H6213H5869H2896H3427H1580H3068H6965H1697H802H3427H1121H3243H1580
24Then, when she had weaned him, she brought him up with her to Shiloh, along with a three-year-old bull, a half-bushel of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh, and the boy was young.H1580H5927H7969H6499H259H374H7058H5035H3196H935H1004H3068H7887H5288H5288
25They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.123H7819H6499H935H5288H5941
26Hannah said, "Sir, as surely as you are alive, I'm the woman who stood before you here praying to the Lord.H559H994H113H5315H2416H113H802H5324H6419H3068
27I prayed for this boy, and the Lord granted me the request I asked of him.H5288H6419H3068H5414H7596H7592
28Now I'm dedicating him to the Lord, and as long as he lives, he will be dedicated to the Lord." Then they worshipped the Lord there.H7592H3068H3117H7592H3068H7812H3068


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