18 The boy Samuel served in the Lord’s presence(A) and wore a linen ephod.(B) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe(C) and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.(D) 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife:(E) “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she[a] has given to the Lord.”(F) Then they would go home.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 DSS; MT reads he

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