1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, [Not] until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before LORD, and abide there forever.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

In Context

21And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

23And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to thee. Remain until thou have weaned him, only LORD establish his word. So the woman remained and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:23And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Joshua 4:7Then ye shall say to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the

1 Samuel 1:28Therefore also I have granted him to LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to LORD. And he worshipped LORD there.

1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of LORD forever.

Psalms 110:4LORD has sworn, and will not repent. Thou are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:20-28

The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. ( b. c. 1137.) 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord . 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly… Read the whole commentary →

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