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1 Samuel 2:20-22
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:20-22
International Standard Version
20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say,[a] “May the Lord give[b] you descendants[c] from this woman in place of the one she dedicated[d] to the Lord.” Then they would return to their[e] home.[f]
21 The Lord took note of Hannah,[g] and she became pregnant and gave birth to[h] three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel continued to grow,[i] and the Lord was constantly[j] with him.
Judgment against Eli’s Sons
22 Now Eli was very[k] old, and he had heard everything that[l] his sons were doing[m] to the Israelis,[n] and how they lay with the women who were serving regularly[o] at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama reads wife, saying
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama read Lord repay you by giving
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit. seed
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So LXX and DSS; MT, he dedicated or asked
- 1 Samuel 2:20 So MT; 4QSama LXX read his
- 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit. place
- 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
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