1 Samuel 1:9-11

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Hannah’s Prayer

⁹After eating and drinking, Hannah quietly got up and went to pray to the Lord.^[a] Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the door of the Lord’s Holy Building.^[b] ¹⁰Hannah was so sad that she cried the whole time she was praying to the Lord. ¹¹She made a special promise to God and said, “Lord All-Powerful, you can see how sad I am. Remember me. Don’t forget me. If you will give me a son, I will give him to you. He will be yours his whole life, and as a Nazirite, he will not drink wine or strong drink,^[c] and no one will ever cut his hair.”

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 1:9 went to pray to the Lord This is from the ancient Greek version.
1 Samuel 1:9 Holy Building This could mean the Holy Tent at Shiloh where people went to worship the Lord or a larger area where they put the Holy Tent.
1 Samuel 1:11 he … strong drink This is found in the ancient Greek version and a Hebrew scroll from Qumran but not in the standard Hebrew text.