Samuel’s Birth and Dedication

19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah.(A) Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.(B) 20 After some time,[a] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[b] because she said, “I requested him from the Lord.”

21 When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice(C) and his vow offering to the Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:20 Lit In the turning of the days
  2. 1:20 In Hb, the name Samuel sounds like the phrase “requested from God.”

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