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1 Samuel 1:20-22
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 1:20-22
International Standard Version
20 By the time of the next year’s sacrifice,[a] Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel[b] because she said,[c] “I asked the Lord for him.”
Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord
21 Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and pay his vow. 22 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[d] forever.”[e]
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Or in due time
- 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. name Samuel means God has heard
- 1 Samuel 1:20 The Heb. lacks she said
- 1 Samuel 1:22 So MT; 4QSama reads before there
- 1 Samuel 1:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads there, and I’ll dedicate him as a Nazirite forever, all his days
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