11 Then Elkanah went home (A)to Ramah. (B)And the boy[a] was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:11 Hebrew na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,(A) but the boy ministered(B) before the Lord under Eli the priest.

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The Lord Calls Samuel

(A)Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. (B)And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

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The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(A) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(B) there were not many visions.(C)

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18 (A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy (B)clothed with a linen ephod.

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18 But Samuel was ministering(A) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(B)

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28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”

(A)And he worshiped the Lord there.

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28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(A) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

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15 Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

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15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at (A)Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord (B)remembered her.

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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.

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