1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

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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 with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.

23And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:23No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

Joshua 4:7Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

1 Samuel 1:28So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.

Psalms 23:6Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

Psalms 110:4The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, 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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