1 Samuel 2:21

When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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 doth appoint for thee seed of this woman, for the petition which she asked for Jehovah;' and they have gone to their place.

22And Eli [is] very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling [at] the opening of the tent of meeting,

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

1 Samuel 1:19And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Jehovah, and turn back, and come in unto their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knoweth Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembereth her;

1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;

Proverbs 3:4And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

Luke 2:52and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour 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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