1 Samuel 1 - LSB Bible Online

1 Samuel 1

Elkanah and His Wives

Now there was a certain man from ^aRamathaim-zophim from the ^bhill country of Ephraim, and his name was ^cElkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 Now he had ^atwo wives: the name of one was ^bHannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
3 Now that man would go up from his city ^ayearly ^bto worship and to sacrifice to ¹Yahweh of hosts in ^cShiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to Yahweh there. 4 And the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, and he ^awould give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters; 5 but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, ^abut Yahweh had closed her womb. 6 Her rival, however, ^awould provoke her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb. 7 And so it would happen year after year, as often as she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat. 8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? ^aAm I not better to you than ten sons?”
9 Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of ^athe temple of Yahweh. 10 And she, bitter of soul, prayed to Yahweh and wept despondently. 11 And she ^amade a vow and said, “O Yahweh of hosts, if You will indeed ^blook on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and ^ca razor shall never come on his head.”
12 Now it happened, as she multiplied her praying before Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth. 13 As for Hannah, ^ashe was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. 14 Then Eli said to her, “^aHow long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.” 15 But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman ¹oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I ^ahave poured out my soul before Yahweh. 16 Do not ¹consider your maidservant as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and ²provocation.” 17 Then Eli answered and said, “^aGo in peace; and may the God of Israel ^bgrant your petition that you have asked of Him.” 18 And she said, “^aLet your servant-woman find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and ^bher face was no longer sad.

The Birth of Samuel

19 Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and turned back and came to their house in ^aRamah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and ^bYahweh remembered her. 20 Now it happened ¹in due time that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “^aBecause I have asked him of Yahweh.”
21 Then the man Elkanah ^awent up with all his household to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the young boy is weaned; then I will ^abring him, that he may appear before Yahweh and ^bstay there forever.” 23 ^aAnd Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only ^bmay Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 Now when she had weaned him, ^ashe took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ¹ephah of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to ^bthe house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy was young. 25 Then ^athey slaughtered the bull and ^bbrought the young boy to Eli. 26 And she said, “Oh, my lord! ^aAs your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to Yahweh. 27 ^aFor this young boy I prayed, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of Him. 28 ^aSo I have also ¹dedicated him to Yahweh; as long as he lives, he is ¹dedicated to Yahweh.” So ^bhe worshiped Yahweh there.

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