1 Samuel 1:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Hannah stayed at home, because she had told Elkanah, “Samuel and I won't go until he's old enough for me to stop nursing him. Then I'll give him to the LORD, and he can stay there at Shiloh for the rest of his life.”

Cross References

Psalm 110:4

The LORD has made a promise that will never be broken: “You will be a priest for ever, just like Melchizedek.”

Psalm 23:6

Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life, and I will live for ever in your house, LORD.

Psalm 27:4

I ask only one thing, LORD: Let me live in your house every day of my life to see how wonderful you are and to pray in your temple.

Exodus 21:6

Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.

Isaiah 9:7

His power will never end; peace will last for ever. He will rule David's kingdom and make it grow strong. He will always rule with honesty and justice. The LORD All-Powerful will make certain that all of this is done.

Leviticus 25:23

No land may be permanently bought or sold. It all belongs to me—it isn't your land, and you only live there for a little while.

Luke 2:22

The time came for Mary and Joseph to do what the Law of Moses says a mother is supposed to do after her baby is born. They took Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and presented him to the Lord,

Deuteronomy 16:16

Each year there are three festivals when all Israelite men must go to the place where the LORD chooses to be worshipped. These are the Festival of Thin Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. And don't forget to take along a gift for the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:11

“LORD All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I will give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut.”

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I am giving him to the LORD, and he will be the LORD's servant for as long as he lives.” Elkanah worshipped the LORD there at Shiloh, and

1 Samuel 13:13

“That was stupid!” Samuel said. “You didn't obey the LORD your God. If you had obeyed him, someone from your family would always have been king of Israel.

1 Samuel 2:11

Elkanah and Hannah went back home to Ramah, but the boy Samuel stayed to help Eli serve the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:18

The boy Samuel served the LORD and wore a special linen garment

1 Samuel 3:1

Samuel served the LORD by helping Eli the priest, who was by that time almost blind. In those days, the LORD hardly ever spoke directly to people, and he did not appear to them in dreams very often. But one night, Eli was asleep in his room,