11 Making a vow,(A) she pleaded, “Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction,(B) remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”[a](C)

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  1. 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head

11 And she made a vow,(A) saying, “Lord Almighty(B), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember(C) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,(D) and no razor(E) will ever be used on his head.”

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22 Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, “After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence(A) and to stay there permanently.”(B)

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22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present(A) him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:22 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls always. I have dedicated him as a Nazirite—all the days of his life.”

28 I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”(A) Then he[a] worshiped the Lord there.[b]

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  1. 1:28 DSS read she; some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read they
  2. 1:28 LXX reads Then she left him there before the Lord

28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(A) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

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