1 Samuel 2:21

And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

In Context

20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home.

22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her;

1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

Luke 2:52And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →

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