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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit a seed of men
  2. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head

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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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] bowed in worship to the Lord there.[b]

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Footnotes

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

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