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So Eli thought she was drunk. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Eli said to her, How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>But Hannah replied, No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>She said, Let your maidservant find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer <i>sad.</i> <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Samuel Is Born to Hannah</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the L<font size="1">ORD</font> remembered her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, <i>saying,</i> Because I have asked him of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the L<font size="1">ORD</font> the yearly sacrifice and <i>pay</i> his vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, <i>I will not go up</i> until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and stay there forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the L<font size="1">ORD</font> confirm His word. So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> in Shiloh, although the child was young. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>She said, Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>For this boy I prayed, and the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has given me my petition which I asked of Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>So I have also dedicated him to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. And he worshiped the L<font size="1">ORD</font> there. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/1.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xx_of_self-annihilation.htm">Of Self-Annihilation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Of Self-Annihilation Supplication and sacrifice are comprehended in prayer, which, according to S. John, is "an incense, the smoke whereof ascendeth unto God;" therefore it is said in the Apocalypse that "unto the Angel was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all Saints'' (Chap. viii. 3). Prayer is the effusion of the heart in the Presence of God: "I have poured out my soul before God" saith the mother of Samuel. (1 Sam. i. 15) The prayer of the wise men at the feet of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xx_of_self-annihilation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_xv_prayer_and_sacrifice.htm">Prayer and Sacrifice Explained by the Similitude of a Perfume --Our Annihilation in this Sacrifice --Solidity and Fruitfulness of this Prayer as Set Forth in The</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Prayer ought to be both petition and sacrifice. Prayer, according to the testimony of St John, is an incense, whose perfume rises to God. Therefore it is said in the Revelation (chap. viii. 3), that an angel held a censer, which contained the incense of the prayers of saints. Prayer is an outpouring of the heart in the presence of God. "I have poured out my soul before the Lord," said the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. i. 15). Thus the prayers of the Magi at the feet of the infant Jesus in the stable of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_xv_prayer_and_sacrifice.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Jeanne Marie Bouvières—</span><span class="citation2">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/philips/the_christian_home/chapter_x_home_dedication.htm">Home Dedication. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"The rose was rich in bloom on Sharon's plain, When a young mother with her first born thence Went up to Zion, for the boy was vowed Unto the Temple-service; by the hand She led him, and her silent soul, the while, Oft as the dewy laughter of his eye Met her sweet serious glance, rejoiced to think That aught so pure, so beautiful, was hers, To bring before her God!" Beautiful thought, and thrice beautiful deed,--fresh from the pure fount of maternal piety! The Hebrew mother consecrating her first-born <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/philips/the_christian_home/chapter_x_home_dedication.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Samuel Philips—</span><span class="citation2">The Christian Home</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_25_john_newton_1sam.htm">John Newton 1Sam 1:10,18</a><br></span><span class="snippet"> <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_25_john_newton_1sam.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Olney Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/cable/the_fulfilment_of_a_dream_of_pastor_hsis/hwochow_womens_bible_training_school.htm">Hwochow Women's Bible Training School</a><br></span><span class="snippet">COURSE OF STUDY FIRST TERM Book of Genesis. Gospel according to St. Luke or St. Mark. Acts of the Apostles, chapters i. to ix. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible." Reading Lessons, with necessary Explanation and Writing of Chinese Character. Arithmetic. Singing and Memorisation of Hymns. SECOND TERM Book of Exodus, Numbers, and 1 Samuel i. to xvi. The Gospel according to St. John. The Epistle of St James. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible"--(continued). Reading <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/cable/the_fulfilment_of_a_dream_of_pastor_hsis/hwochow_womens_bible_training_school.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">A. Mildred Cable—</span><span class="citation2">The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxi_the_love_of_the.htm">The Love of the Holy Spirit in Us. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not."--Matt. xxvii. 37. The Scripture teaches not only that the Holy Spirit dwells in us, and with Him Love, but also that He sheds abroad that Love in our hearts. This shedding abroad does not refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit's Person, for a person can not be shed abroad. He comes, takes possession, and dwells in us; but that which is shed abroad <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxi_the_love_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Abraham Kuyper—</span><span class="citation2">The Work of the Holy Spirit</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_jonah.htm">The Prophet Jonah. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">It has been asserted without any sufficient reason, that Jonah is older than Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah,--that he is the oldest among the prophets whose written monuments have been preserved to us. The passage in 2 Kings xiv. 25, where it is said, that Jonah, the son of Amittai the prophet, prophesied to Jeroboam the happy success of his arms, and the restoration of the ancient boundaries of Israel, and that this prophecy was confirmed by the event, cannot decide in favour of this assertion, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_jonah.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/palmer/a_birds-eye_view_of_the_bible/iv_and_v_the_kingdom.htm">And V the Kingdom Undivided and the Kingdom Divided</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE HISTORICAL BOOKS: I and II Samuel. I and II Kings. I and II Chronicles. NOTE.--As these three pairs of books are so closely related in their historical contents, it is deemed best to study them together, though they overlap the two divisions of IV and V. I. CHARTS Chart A. General Contents +--+ " I AND II SAMUEL " +-------------+-----+------+ "Samuel "Saul "David " +-------------+-----+------+----------+ " " " " I AND II KINGS "NOTE.--Biblical <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/palmer/a_birds-eye_view_of_the_bible/iv_and_v_the_kingdom.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Frank Nelson Palmer—</span><span class="citation2">A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_55_divers_matters.htm">Divers Matters. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. Beth-cerem, Nehemiah 3:14. "The stones, as well of the altar, as of the ascent to the altar, were from the valley of Beth-cerem, which they digged out beneath the barren land. And thence they are wont to bring whole stones, upon which the working iron came not." The fathers of the traditions, treating concerning the blood of women's terms, reckon up five colours of it; among which that, "which is like the water of the earth, out of the valley of Beth-cerem."--Where the Gloss writes thus, "Beth-cerem <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_55_divers_matters.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_43_ramah_ramathaim_zophim.htm">Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">There was a certain Ramah, in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and that within sight of Jerusalem, as it seems, Judges 19:13; where it is named with Gibeah:--and elsewhere, Hosea 5:8; which towns were not much distant. See 1 Samuel 22:6; "Saul sat in Gibeah, under a grove in Ramah." Here the Gemarists trifle: "Whence is it (say they) that Ramah is placed near Gibea? To hint to you, that the speech of Samuel of Ramah was the cause, why Saul remained two years and a half in Gibeah." They blindly <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_43_ramah_ramathaim_zophim.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the_life_of_david/xi_the_kingcontinued.htm">The King --Continued. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The years thus well begun are, in the historical books, characterized mainly by three events, namely, the bringing up of the ark to the newly won city of David, Nathan's prophecy of the perpetual dominion of his house, and his victories over the surrounding nations. These three hinges of the narrative are all abundantly illustrated in the psalms. As to the first, we have relics of the joyful ceremonial connected with it in two psalms, the fifteenth and twenty-fourth, which are singularly alike not <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the_life_of_david/xi_the_kingcontinued.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">The Life of David</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/1-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 1:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 1:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/1-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 1:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 1:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/1-10.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>