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1 Samuel 1:1
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1 Samuel 1:1
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The Birth of Samuel
1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim,(A) a Zuphite[a](B) from the hill country(C) of Ephraim,(D) whose name was Elkanah(E) son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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- 1 Samuel 1:1 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 6:26-27,33-35; or from Ramathaim Zuphim.
1 Samuel 1:1
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1 Samuel 1:1
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1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
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1 Samuel 1:4
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1 Samuel 1:4
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4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice,(A) he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.(B)
1 Samuel 1:4
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1 Samuel 1:4
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4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
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1 Samuel 1:8
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1 Samuel 1:8
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8 Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(A)”
1 Samuel 1:8
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1 Samuel 1:8
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8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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1 Samuel 1:19
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1 Samuel 1:19
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19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(A) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(B) her.
1 Samuel 1:19
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1 Samuel 1:19
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19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
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1 Samuel 1:21
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1 Samuel 1:21
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Hannah Dedicates Samuel
21 When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual(A) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,(B)
1 Samuel 1:21
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1 Samuel 1:21
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21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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1 Samuel 1:23
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1 Samuel 1:23
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23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(A) his[a] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(B) him.
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- 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
1 Samuel 1:23
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1 Samuel 1:23
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23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
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1 Samuel 2:11
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1 Samuel 2:11
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11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,(A) but the boy ministered(B) before the Lord under Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:11
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1 Samuel 2:11
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11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
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1 Samuel 2:20
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1 Samuel 2:20
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20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed(A) for and gave to[a] the Lord.” Then they would go home.
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- 1 Samuel 2:20 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text and asked from
1 Samuel 2:20
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1 Samuel 2:20
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20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.
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1 Chronicles 6:27
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1 Chronicles 6:27
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- 1 Chronicles 6:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Samuel 1:19,20 and 1 Chron. 6:33,34); Hebrew does not have and Samuel his son.
1 Chronicles 6:27
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1 Chronicles 6:27
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27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
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1 Chronicles 6:34
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1 Chronicles 6:34
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34 the son of Elkanah,(A) the son of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
1 Chronicles 6:34
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1 Chronicles 6:34
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34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
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