1 Samuel 1:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ Once, after ·they had eaten their meal [^Leating and drinking] in Shiloh [1:3], Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on ·a chair [the seat] ·near the entrance to [by the doorpost of] the Lord’s ·house [temple; Tabernacle]. ¹⁰ Hannah was so ·sad [anguished; deeply distressed; ^Lbitter] that she cried bitterly ·and [as she] prayed to the Lord. ¹¹ She made this ·promise [vow], saying, “Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; of Hosts], if you will look on the ·sorrow [affliction; misery; humiliation] of your maidservant, and will ·remember [^Lremember and not forget] me, and will give ·me [^Lyour maidservant] a son, I will give him back to ·you [^Lthe Lord] all the days of his life, and no one will ever ·cut his hair [^Ltouch his head] with a razor [^Cindicating consecration to the Lord as a Nazirite; Num. 6:1–5].”