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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 1:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 1:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And she vowed [05087] a vow [05088], and said [0559], O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if thou wilt indeed [07200] look [07200] on the affliction [06040] of thine handmaid [0519], and remember [02142] me, and not forget [07911] thine handmaid [0519], but wilt give [05414] unto thine handmaid [0519] a man [0582] child [02233], then I will give [05414] him unto the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of his life [02416], and there shall no razor [04177] come [05927] upon his head [07218]. |
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King James |
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
HANNAH'S PRAYER. (Sa1 1:9-18)
she prayed . . . she vowed a vow--Here is a specimen of the intense desire that reigned in the bosoms of the Hebrew women for children. This was the burden of Hannah's prayer; and the strong preference she expressed for a male child originated in her purpose of dedicating him to the tabernacle service. The circumstance of his birth bound him to this; but his residence within the precincts of the sanctuary would have to commence at an earlier age than usual, in consequence of the Nazarite vow. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| vows are characteristic of this particular age of the Judges. (Compare Jdg 11:30; Jdg 21:5; Sa1 14:24.) For the law of vows in the case of married women, see Num 30:6-16; and for the nature of the vow, see the marginal references. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Give him - That is, consecrate him to God's service in his temple. No razor - That is, he shall be a perpetual Nazarite. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will give him unto the Lord - Samuel, as a descendant of the house of Levi, was the Lord's property from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a Nazarite, on whose head no razor should pass. |
9 So Hannah [02584] rose up [06965] after [0310] they had eaten [0398] in Shiloh [07887], and after [0310] they had drunk [08354]. Now Eli [05941] the priest [03548] sat [03427] upon a seat [03678] by a post [04201] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068].
10 And she was in bitterness [04751] of soul [05315], and prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068], and wept [01058] sore [01058].
11 And she vowed [05087] a vow [05088], and said [0559], O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], if thou wilt indeed [07200] look [07200] on the affliction [06040] of thine handmaid [0519], and remember [02142] me, and not forget [07911] thine handmaid [0519], but wilt give [05414] unto thine handmaid [0519] a man [0582] child [02233], then I will give [05414] him unto the LORD [03068] all the days [03117] of his life [02416], and there shall no razor [04177] come [05927] upon his head [07218].
12 And it came to pass, as she continued [07235] praying [06419] before [06440] the LORD [03068], that Eli [05941] marked [08104] her mouth [06310].
13 Now Hannah [02584], she spake [01696] in her heart [03820]; only her lips [08193] moved [05128], but her voice [06963] was not heard [08085]: therefore Eli [05941] thought [02803] she had been drunken [07910].
14 And Eli [05941] said [0559] unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken [07937]? put away [05493] thy wine [03196] from thee.
15 And Hannah [02584] answered [06030] and said [0559], No, my lord [0113], I am a woman [0802] of a sorrowful [07186] spirit [07307]: I have drunk [08354] neither wine [03196] nor strong drink [07941], but have poured out [08210] my soul [05315] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
16 Count [05414] not thine handmaid [0519] for [06440] a daughter [01323] of Belial [01100]: for out of the abundance [07230] of my complaint [07879] and grief [03708] have I spoken [01696] hitherto.
17 Then Eli [05941] answered [06030] and said [0559], Go [03212] in peace [07965]: and the God [0430] of Israel [03478] grant [05414] thee thy petition [07596] that thou hast asked [07592] of him.
18 And she said [0559], Let thine handmaid [08198] find [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869]. So the woman [0802] went [03212] her way [01870], and did eat [0398], and her countenance [06440] was no more sad.
6 And if she had at all an husband [0376], when she vowed [05088], or uttered [04008] ought out of her lips [08193], wherewith she bound [0631] her soul [05315];
7 And her husband [0376] heard [08085] it, and held his peace [02790] at her in the day [03117] that he heard [08085] it: then her vows [05088] shall stand [06965], and her bonds [0632] wherewith she bound [0631] her soul [05315] shall stand [06965].
8 But if her husband [0376] disallowed [05106] her on the day [03117] that he heard [08085] it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed [05088], and that which she uttered [04008] with her lips [08193], wherewith she bound [0631] her soul [05315], of none effect [06565]: and the LORD [03068] shall forgive [05545] her.
9 But every vow [05088] of a widow [0490], and of her that is divorced [01644], wherewith they have bound [0631] their souls [05315], shall stand [06965] against her.
10 And if she vowed [05087] in her husband's [0376] house [01004], or bound [0631] her soul [05315] by a bond [0632] with an oath [07621];
11 And her husband [0376] heard [08085] it, and held his peace [02790] at her, and disallowed [05106] her not: then all her vows [05088] shall stand [06965], and every bond [0632] wherewith she bound [0631] her soul [05315] shall stand [06965].
12 But if her husband [0376] hath utterly [06565] made them void [06565] on the day [03117] he heard [08085] them; then whatsoever proceeded [04161] out of her lips [08193] concerning her vows [05088], or concerning the bond [0632] of her soul [05315], shall not stand [06965]: her husband [0376] hath made them void [06565]; and the LORD [03068] shall forgive [05545] her.
13 Every vow [05088], and every binding [0632] oath [07621] to afflict [06031] the soul [05315], her husband [0376] may establish [06965] it, or her husband [0376] may make it void [06565].
14 But if her husband [0376] altogether [02790] hold his peace [02790] at her from day [03117] to day [03117]; then he establisheth [06965] all her vows [05088], or all her bonds [0632], which are upon her: he confirmeth [06965] them, because he held his peace [02790] at her in the day [03117] that he heard [08085] them.
15 But if he shall any ways [06565] make them void [06565] after [0310] that he hath heard [08085] them; then he shall bear [05375] her iniquity [05771].
16 These are the statutes [02706], which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872], between a man [0376] and his wife [0802], between the father [01] and his daughter [01323], being yet in her youth [05271] in her father's [01] house [01004].
24 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] were distressed [05065] that day [03117]: for Saul [07586] had adjured [0422] the people [05971], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be the man [0376] that eateth [0398] any food [03899] until evening [06153], that I may be avenged [05358] on mine enemies [0341]. So none of the people [05971] tasted [02938] any food [03899].
5 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Who is there among all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that [0834] came [05927] not up with the congregation [06951] unto the LORD [03068]? For they had made a great [01419] oath [07621] concerning him that came not up [05927] to the LORD [03068] to Mizpeh [04709], saying [0559], He shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
30 And Jephthah [03316] vowed [05087] a vow [05088] unto the LORD [03068], and said [0559], If thou shalt without fail [05414] deliver [05414] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] into mine hands [03027],