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1 Samuel 1:10-11 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 1 · verses 10–11 · King James Version
10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.1 Samuel 1:10-11 · King James Version
1 Samuel 1:10-11 in context
8Then 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?
9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
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Key words (Strong's)
- bitternessmarbitterH4751 →
- afflictionʻŏnîydepressionH6040 →
- handmaidʼâmâha maidservant or female slaveH519 →
- rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- prayedpâlalto judgeH6419 →
- indeedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- forgetshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- vowednâdarto promiseH5087 →
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Elkanah had gently reproved Hannah for her inordinate grief, and here we find the good effect of the reproof. I. It brought her to her meat. She ate and drank, Sa1 1:9. She did not harden herself in sorrow, nor grow sullen when she was reproved for it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18