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1Samuel 1

The Birth of Samuel

1There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.H259H376H7436H2022H669H8034H511H1121H3395H1121H453H1121H8459H1121H6689H6732He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.H8147H802H8034H259H2584H8034H8145H6444H6444H3206H2584H32063Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the LORD.H1931H376H5927H5892H3117H3117H7812H2076H3068H6635H7887H8147H1121H5941H2652H6372H3548H30684On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters.H3117H511H2076H5414H6444H802H1121H1323H44905But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb.H2584H5414H259H639H4490H157H2584H3068H5462H73586And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.H6869H3707H3708H7481H3068H5462H1157H73587So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the LORD, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.H6213H8141H8141H1767H5927H1004H3068H3707H1058H3988And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?"H559H511H376H2584H1058H398H3824H3415H2896H6235H11219After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.H2584H6965H310H398H7887H310H8354H5941H3548H3427H3678H4201H1964H306810She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly.H4751H5315H6419H3068H1058H105811And she vowed a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head."H5087H5088H559H3068H6635H7200H7200H6040H519H2142H7911H519H5414H519H582H2233H5414H3068H3117H2416H4177H5927H721812As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.H7235H6419H6440H3068H5941H8104H631013Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.H2584H1696H3820H8193H5128H6963H8085H5941H2803H791014And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you."H5941H559H7937H5493H319615But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.H2584H6030H559H113H802H7186H7307H8354H3196H7941H8210H5315H6440H306816Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."H5414H519H6440H1323H1100H7230H7879H3708H169617Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him."H5941H6030H559H3212H7965H430H3478H5414H7596H759218And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.H559H8198H4672H2580H5869H802H3212H1870H398H644019They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.H7925H1242H7925H7812H6440H3068H7725H935H1004H7414H511H3045H2584H802H3068H214220And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the LORD."H3117H8622H2584H2029H3205H1121H7121H8034H8050H7592H3068

Samuel Given to the Lord

21The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.H376H511H1004H5927H2076H3068H3117H2077H508822But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the LORD and dwell there forever."H2584H5927H559H376H5288H1580H935H7200H6440H3068H3427H5704H576923Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the LORD establish his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.H511H376H559H6213H5869H2896H3427H1580H3068H6965H1697H802H3427H1121H3243H158024And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. And the child was young.H1580H5927H7969H6499H259H374H7058H5035H3196H935H1004H3068H7887H5288H528825Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.H7819H6499H935H5288H594126And she said, "Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the LORD.H559H994H113H5315H2416H113H802H5324H6419H306827For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him.H5288H6419H3068H5414H7596H759228Therefore I have lent him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he is lent to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there.H7592H3068H3117H7592H3068H7812H3068


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