1 Samuel 2:21

And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

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 Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying, The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.

22And Heli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke.

1 Samuel 1:19And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.

Proverbs 3:4so shalt thou find favour: + 3:4 Alex. + 'and write them on the table of thine heart.'and do thou + 3:4 See Rom. 12. 17.provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of 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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