1 Samuel 1

¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 6:341 Chr 6:25-271 Sam 1:19Judg 17:1Ruth 1:21 Sam 17:121 Sam 9:5Judg 19:1Josh 24:33Judg 12:5

²And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 21:15-17Gen 16:1-2Gen 25:21Gen 29:23-29Gen 29:31Gen 4:23Judg 13:2Judg 8:30Luke 1:7Matt 19:8

³And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 2:41Deut 12:5-7Josh 18:1Exod 23:14Exod 34:231 Sam 1:211 Sam 1:9Deut 16:16Judg 18:311 Sam 2:12-17

⁴And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 12:17-18Deut 16:11Deut 12:5-7Lev 3:4Lev 7:15

⁵But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 30:2Gen 29:30-31Gen 16:1Gen 20:18Gen 45:22Gen 43:34

⁶And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 6:14Job 24:21Lev 18:18

⁷And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 2:19

⁸Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 4:15Isa 54:6Job 6:141 Thess 5:14John 20:13John 20:15Ps 43:42 Kgs 8:122 Sam 12:16-17Isa 54:1

⁹So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 3:3Ps 27:4Ps 5:72 Sam 7:21 Sam 3:15Ps 29:9

¹⁰And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 7:11Job 10:1Luke 22:44Ps 91:15Heb 5:7Isa 54:6Judg 21:2Isa 38:15Job 9:18Ps 50:15

¹¹And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 13:5Num 6:5Gen 29:32Eccl 5:41 Sam 1:19Gen 28:20Judg 11:30Ps 25:18Num 21:2Num 30:3-8

¹²And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:17Jas 5:16Col 4:2Eph 6:18Luke 11:8-10Luke 18:1

¹³Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 8:26Acts 2:13Gen 24:42-45Ps 25:1Zech 9:151 Cor 13:7Neh 2:4

¹⁴And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 4:25Eph 4:31Job 11:14Job 22:23Job 8:2Josh 22:12-20Matt 7:1-3Prov 4:24Prov 6:9Ps 62:3

¹⁵And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 62:8Lam 2:19Ps 42:4Ps 142:2-3Ps 143:6Job 30:16Prov 15:1Prov 25:15

¹⁶Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 2:12Job 10:1-2Job 6:2-3Matt 12:34-351 Sam 10:271 Sam 25:25Deut 13:13

¹⁷Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mark 5:34Judg 18:6Ps 20:3-51 Sam 25:352 Kgs 5:19Luke 7:501 Chr 4:10Luke 8:481 Sam 29:7

¹⁸And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 2:13Rom 15:13Eccl 9:7Gen 33:15Gen 33:8John 16:24Phil 4:6-7Gen 32:5

¹⁹And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 21:11 Sam 1:11Gen 30:22Gen 4:11 Sam 9:26Gen 8:1Luke 23:42Mark 1:35Ps 119:147Ps 25:7

²⁰Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 41:51-52Exod 2:10Matt 1:21Exod 2:22Gen 16:11Gen 29:32-35Gen 30:6-21Gen 5:29Gen 4:25

²¹And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 1:3Deut 12:11Josh 24:15Gen 18:19Ps 101:2

²²But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 1:111 Sam 1:28Luke 2:221 Sam 2:111 Sam 2:181 Sam 3:1Deut 16:16Lev 25:23Luke 2:41-42Exod 21:6

²³And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 7:251 Sam 1:17Gen 21:7-8Isa 44:26Luke 11:27Matt 24:19Num 30:7-11Ps 22:9

²⁴And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Num 15:9-101 Sam 4:3-4Josh 18:1Deut 12:5-6Deut 12:11Deut 16:16

²⁵And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 18:15-16Luke 2:22

²⁶And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 2:22 Kgs 2:42 Kgs 2:62 Kgs 4:301 Sam 17:551 Sam 20:32 Sam 11:112 Sam 14:19Gen 42:15

²⁷For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 5:15Matt 7:7Ps 118:51 Sam 1:11-13Ps 6:9Ps 66:19-20Ps 116:1-5

²⁸Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 24:26Gen 24:521 Sam 1:112 Tim 3:15Gen 24:48