1 Samuel 1:10-12

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¹⁰Hannah was ^[a]greatly distressed, and she prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. ¹¹She made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life; a ^[b]razor shall never touch his head.”

¹²Now it happened as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 1:10 Lit bitter of soul.
1 Samuel 1:11 Lit shearing knife. This was a requirement of a Nazirite vow which would apply to Samuel all of his life (see Num 6:2 ff).