1 Samuel 2:21

And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And 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

20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee issue of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went to their own home.

22Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Cross References

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

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

1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and 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 became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel.

Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

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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