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He was Jeroham’s son Elkanah, the grandson of Elihu and grandson of Tohu, who was the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>That 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On the day when Elkanah offered sacrifices, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but he would give twice as much to Hannah because he loved her.</p> <p class="reg">Now the LORD had closed her womb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Her rival would provoke her severely so that she complained loudly<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 Or severely to irritate her">a</a></span> because the LORD had closed her womb. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Elkanah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. He">b</a></span> would do this year after year, as often as Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. she">c</a></span> went up to the house of the LORD. Likewise, Peninnah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. she">d</a></span> would provoke her, and Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Lit. she">e</a></span> would cry and would not eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Elkanah her husband told her, “Hannah, why are you crying and why don’t you eat? Why are you upset?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Lit. is your heart troubled">f</a></span> Am I not better to you than ten sons?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Hannah 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 tent<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:9 Or temple">g</a></span> of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Deeply distressed, she prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Lit. She">h</a></span> 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,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Lit. seed of men">i</a></span> then I’ll give him to the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 So MT; LXX reads him to your presence as a gift until the day of his death">j</a></span> for all the days of his life,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 So MT; LXX and DSS read life, and wine or strong drink he won’t drink; Cf. 4QSama">k</a></span> and a razor is never to touch<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=":11 Or cross; MT reads to go over; 4QSama reads to come upon; ">l</a></span> his head.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As she continued to pray in the LORD’s presence, Eli was watching her mouth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:13 So MT; 4QSama LXX read She">m</a></span> was praying inwardly.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:13 Lit. in her heart">n</a></span> Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Eli told her, “How long will you stay drunk? Put away your wine!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“No, sir!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 Lit. No, my lord">o</a></span> Hannah replied. “I’m a deeply troubled<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 Lit. harsh of spirit; i.e. one whose life is hard">p</a></span> woman. I’ve drunk neither wine nor beer. I’ve been pouring out my soul in the LORD’s presence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Don’t consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I’ve been speaking because I’m very anxious and distressed.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Go in peace,” Eli answered. “May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>She said, “Let your servant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Lit. maid servant">q</a></span> find favor in your eyes.” Then she<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Lit. Then the woman">r</a></span> went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 So LXX; The meaning of MT is uncertain.">s</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They 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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:19 Lit. Elkanah knew">t</a></span> his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>By the time of the next year’s sacrifice,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:20 Or in due time">u</a></span> Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:20 The Heb. name Samuel means God has heard">v</a></span> because she said,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:20 The Heb. lacks she said">w</a></span> “I asked the LORD for him.”</p> <p class="heading">Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LORD</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and pay his vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hannah did not go up because she had told her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the LORD’s presence and remain there<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:22 So MT; 4QSama reads before there">x</a></span> forever.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads there, and I’ll dedicate him as a Nazirite forever, all his days">y</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Do what you want,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:23 Lit. is good in your eye">z</a></span> Elkanah told her. “Stay until you have weaned him, only may the LORD bring about what you’ve said.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:23 So LXX and DSS; lit. about what comes out of your mouth; MT reads about his word">aa</a></span> So Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:23 Lit. So the woman">bb</a></span> stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then, when she had weaned him, she brought him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 So 4QSama; MT employs a Heb. suffix">cc</a></span> up with her to Shiloh,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 The Heb. lacks to Shiloh; LXX and DSS add to Shiloh">dd</a></span> along with a three-year-old bull,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 4QSama LXX read three bulls; meaning of MT is uncertain.">ee</a></span> an ephah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 i.e. about a half-bushel; an ephah was a measure of dry capacity equal to about one half of a bushel">ff</a></span> of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh, and the boy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads child">gg</a></span> was young.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 The meaning of MT is uncertain; lit. the lad was a lad; LXX and DSS read and the boy was with them.">hh</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:25 So MT; Cf. 4QSama; LXX reads was with them. When they brought him into the presence of the Lord, his father slaughtered the sacrifice, as he did annually for the Lord. Then he brought the child, and he slaughtered the calf. And Hannah his mother brought him">ii</a></span> to Eli.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Hannah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:26 Lit. she">jj</a></span> said, “Sir,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:26 Lit. My lord">kk</a></span> as surely as you are alive, I’m the woman who stood before you here praying to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I prayed for this boy, and the LORD granted me the request I asked of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 Lit. Also">ll</a></span> I’m dedicating<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 Or lending">mm</a></span> him to the LORD, and as long as he lives,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 So LXX and other Heb. MSS; MT, is">nn</a></span> he will be dedicated<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 Or lent">oo</a></span> to the LORD.” Then they worshipped<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:28 So 4QSama; MT LXXmss read So he worshipped; LXX lacks Then they worshipped the Lord there">pp</a></span> the LORD there.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:6 Or <i>severely to irritate her</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>she</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>she</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:7 Lit. <i>she</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:8 Lit. <i>is your heart troubled</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:9 Or <i>temple</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:11 Lit. <i>She</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:11 Lit. <i>seed of men</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:11 So MT; LXX reads <i>him to your presence as a gift until the day of his death</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:11 So MT; LXX and DSS read <i>life, and wine or strong drink he won’t drink</i>; Cf. 4QSama<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> :11 Or <i>cross</i>;MT reads <i>to go over;</i> 4QSama reads <i>to come upon</i>; <br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:13 So MT; 4QSama LXX read <i>She</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:13 Lit. <i>in her heart</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:15 Lit. <i>No, my lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:15 Lit. <i>harsh of spirit</i>; i.e. one whose life is hard<br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 1:18 Lit. <i>maid servant</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 1:18 Lit. <i>Then the woman</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 1:18 So LXX; The meaning of MT is uncertain.<br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 1:19 Lit. <i>Elkanah knew</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 1:20 Or <i>in due time</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 1:20 The Heb. name <i>Samuel</i> means <i>God has heard</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 1:20 The Heb. lacks <i>she said</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 1:22 So MT; 4QSama reads <i>before there</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 1:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads <i>there, and I’ll dedicate him as a Nazirite forever, all his days</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 1:23 Lit. <i>is good in your eye</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 1:23 So LXX and DSS; lit. <i>about what comes out of your mouth</i>; MT reads <i>about his word</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 1:23 Lit. <i>So the woman</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 1:24 So 4QSama; MT employs a Heb. suffix<br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 1:24 The Heb. lacks <i>to Shiloh; </i>LXX and DSS add <i>to Shiloh</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 1:24 4QSama LXX read <i>three bulls</i>; meaning of MT is uncertain.<br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 1:24 i.e. about a half-bushel; an ephah was a measure of dry capacity equal to about one half of a bushel<br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 1:24 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads <i>child</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 1:24 The meaning of MT is uncertain; lit. <i>the lad was a lad</i>; LXX and DSS read <i>and the boy was with them.</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 1:25 So MT; Cf. 4QSama; LXX reads <i>was with them. When they brought him into the presence of the Lord, his father slaughtered the sacrifice, as he did annually for the Lord. Then he brought the child, and he slaughtered the calf. And Hannah his mother brought him</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 1:26 Lit. <i>she</i><br /><span class="fnb">kk</span> 1:26 Lit. <i>My lord</i><br /><span class="fnb">ll</span> 1:28 Lit. <i>Also</i><br /><span class="fnb">mm</span> 1:28 Or <i>lending</i><br /><span class="fnb">nn</span> 1:28 So LXX and other Heb. 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