Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh.[a] Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle.(A) 10 Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.(B) 11 Making a vow,(C) she pleaded, “Lord of Hosts, if You will take notice of Your servant’s affliction,(D) remember and not forget me, and give Your servant a son,[b] I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:9 LXX adds and presented herself before the Lord
  2. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit a seed of men
  3. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head

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