1 Samuel 1:25

And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

In Context

24Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

26And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

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Cross References

Luke 18:15And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them

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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