19 ¶ Then they rose up early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Now Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord [a]remembered her.

20 For in process of time Hannah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Samuel, Because, said she, I have asked him of the Lord.

21 ¶ So the man [b]Elkanah and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:19 According to her petition.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:21 This Elkanah was a Levite, 1 Chron. 6:27, and as some write once a year they accustomed to appear before the Lord with their families.

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