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1 Samuel 2:21-23
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:21-23
International Standard Version
21 The Lord took note of Hannah,[a] and she became pregnant and gave birth to[b] three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel continued to grow,[c] and the Lord was constantly[d] with him.
Judgment against Eli’s Sons
22 Now Eli was very[e] old, and he had heard everything that[f] his sons were doing[g] to the Israelis,[h] and how they lay with the women who were serving regularly[i] at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 23 “Why are you doing these things that I’m hearing about?” he asked his sons,[j] “These reports about your evil deeds are coming from all these[k] people!
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- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT; 4QSama LXX read Lord visited
- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT; 4QSama LXX read she bore more children—
- 1 Samuel 2:21 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads grow there
- 1 Samuel 2:21 The Heb. lacks constantly
- 1 Samuel 2:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads was 98 years
- 1 Samuel 2:22 So MT; 4QSama LXX read heard what
- 1 Samuel 2:22 So 4QSama; MT reads sons would do
- 1 Samuel 2:22 So 4QSama LXX; MT reads to all of Israel
- 1 Samuel 2:22 Lit. who had assembled in order
- 1 Samuel 2:23 Lit. them
- 1 Samuel 2:23 So MT; 4QSama LXX read from the Lord’s
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