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1 Samuel 1:9-11
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1 Samuel 1:9-11
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Hannah and Eli
9 One day they had offered sacrifices at Shiloh. They had finished eating and drinking. Hannah stood up to pray to God. Eli the priest was sitting on his chair beside the door of the Lord's temple.[a] 10 Hannah was very upset as she prayed to the Lord. She could not stop weeping. 11 She made a promise to God. She prayed, ‘Lord Almighty, you can see how sad I am. Please be kind to me, your servant. Remember me and do not forget me. Please give a son to me, your servant. If you do that, I will give him to serve you for all of his life. Nobody will ever cut his hair.’[b]
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- 1:9 At this time, the temple where people worshipped the Lord was a tent.
- 1:11 ‘Nobody will ever cut his hair.’ This is a sign of the Nazirite promise (Numbers 6:1-21). The person promised to give his life to God.
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