1 Samuel 2:21

The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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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

20Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD.” Then they went to their own home.

22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.

1 Samuel 1:19They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

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

Proverbs 3:4So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Luke 1:80The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Luke 2:52And Yeshua increased 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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