1 Samuel 1:11

Good News Translation (US Version)

Hannah made a solemn promise: “Lord Almighty, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut.”

Cross References

Judges 13:5

and after your son is born, you must never cut his hair, because from the day of his birth he will be dedicated to God as a nazirite. He will begin the work of rescuing Israel from the Philistines.”

Numbers 6:5

As long as you are under the nazirite vow, you must not cut your hair or shave. You are bound by the vow for the full time that you are dedicated to the Lord, and you shall let your hair grow.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.

Genesis 29:32

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “The Lord has seen my trouble, and now my husband will love me”; so she named him Reuben.

Psalm 25:18

Consider my distress and suffering and forgive all my sins.

1 Samuel 1:19

The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early, and after worshiping the Lord, they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah, and the Lord answered her prayer.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah promised the Lord: “If you will give me victory over the Ammonites,

Numbers 6:8

As long as you are a nazirite, you are consecrated to the Lord.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord: “If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing,

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will notice my misery and give me some blessings to take the place of his curse.”

Numbers 21:2

Then the Israelites made a vow to the Lord: “If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them.”

Numbers 6:11

The priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to perform the ritual of purification for you because of your contact with a corpse. On the same day you shall reconsecrate your hair

Exodus 4:31

They believed, and when they heard that the Lord had come to them and had seen how they were being treated cruelly, they bowed down and worshiped.

Genesis 8:1

God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started going down.

1 Samuel 1:12

Hannah continued to pray to the Lord for a long time, and Eli watched her lips.

1 Samuel 1:22

But this time Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the house of the Lord, where he will stay all his life.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I asked him for this child, and he gave me what I asked for.

1 Samuel 1:28

So I am dedicating him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he will belong to the Lord.” Then they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2:20

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say to Elkanah, “May the Lord give you other children by this woman to take the place of the one you dedicated to him.” After that they would go back home.

Proverbs 31:2

“You are my own dear son, the answer to my prayers. What shall I tell you?

Leviticus 27:2

the following regulations for the people of Israel. When any of you have been given to the Lord in fulfillment of a special vow, you may be set free by the payment of the following sums of money,