26 “Please, my lord,” she said, “as sure as you live,(A) my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy,(B) and since the Lord gave me what I asked Him for,(C) 28 I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”(D) Then he[a] bowed in worship to the Lord there.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:28 DSS read she; some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read they
  2. 1 Samuel 1:28 LXX reads Then she left him there before the Lord

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