10 Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears. 1:10 1Sm 30:6; 2Kg 4:2711 Making a vow, 1:11 Nm 30:6–11 she pleaded, "Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, 1:11 Gn 29:32 remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut." 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head, 1:11 Nm 6:5; Jdg 13:5; 16:7
20 After some time, 1:20 Lit In the turning of the days Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, 1:20 In Hb, the name Samuel sounds like the phrase "requested from God." because she said, "I requested him from the Lord."
27 I prayed for this boy, 1:27 1Sm 1:11–13 and since the Lord gave me what I asked him for, 1:27 1Sm 1:17,2028 I now give the boy to the Lord. For as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord." 1:28 1Sm 1:11 Then he 1:28 DSS read she; some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read they worshiped the Lord there. 1:28 LXX reads Then she left him there before the Lord