20 It came about [a]in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “(A)Because I have asked for him of the Lord.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit at the circuit of the days

20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(A) She named(B) him Samuel,[a](C) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.