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24 When he had been weaned and was still very young,[a] Hannah took him, along with a three-year-old bull,[b] an ephah[c] of flour, and a jar of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. 25 They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.

26 “Excuse me, sir!” Hannah said. “As surely as you live, sir, I am the woman who stood here next to you, praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord gave me what I asked from him. 28 So now I give this boy back to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.”

Then they worshipped there before the Lord.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:24 Or and the boy was a boy; Heb uncertain
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 LXX, DSS (4QSama), Syr; MT three bulls
  3. 1 Samuel 1:24 An ephah was approximately twenty quarts.
  4. 1 Samuel 1:28 Some Heb manuscripts, Syr, Vulg; MT he (Eli?) worshipped; DSS (4QSama) and she (Hannah) left him there and worshipped the Lord.

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