1 Samuel 1:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

She made a special promise to God and said, “Lord All-Powerful, you can see how sad I am. Remember me. Don’t forget me. If you will give me a son, I will give him to you. He will be yours his whole life, and as a Nazirite, he will not drink wine or strong drink, and no one will ever cut his hair.”

Cross References

Judges 13:5

because you are pregnant, and you will have a son. He will be dedicated to God in a special way. He will be a Nazirite. So you must never cut his hair. He will be God’s special person from before he is born. He will save the Israelites from the power of the Philistines.”

Numbers 6:5

“The whole time of their Nazirite vow they must not cut their hair. They must be holy until this time of special dedication to the Lord is ended. They must let their hair grow long.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

If you make a promise to God, keep your promise. Don’t be slow to do what you promised. God is not happy with fools. Give God what you promised to give him.

Genesis 29:32

Leah gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben. She named him this because she said, “The Lord has seen my troubles. My husband does not love me. So now maybe my husband will love me.”

Psalm 25:18

Look at my trials and troubles. Forgive me for all the sins I have done.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up. They worshiped the Lord and then went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sexual relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered Hannah.

Genesis 30:22

Then God heard Rachel’s prayer and made it possible for Rachel to have children.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah made a promise to the Lord. He said, “If you will let me defeat the Ammonites,

Numbers 6:8

It is holy because you have given yourself fully to the Lord for the full time of that dedication.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God will be with me, and if he will protect me on this trip, and if he gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me and give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”

Numbers 21:2

Then the Israelites made a special promise to the Lord: “Please help us defeat these people. If you do this, we will give their cities to you. We will totally destroy them.”

Numbers 6:11

Then the priest will offer one bird as a sin offering and the other one as a burnt offering. The burnt offering will be a payment for the sin of touching a dead body during your special time of dedication. Then you must again promise to give the hair on your head as a gift to God.

Exodus 4:31

and they believed what they had heard. Then the Israelites understood that the Lord had seen their troubles and had come to help them. So they bowed down and worshiped God.

Genesis 8:1

But God did not forget about Noah. God remembered him and all the animals that were with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth, and all the water began to disappear.

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was so sad that she cried the whole time she was praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:12

Hannah prayed to the Lord a long time. Eli was watching her mouth while she was praying.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go. She told Elkanah, “When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord. He will become a Nazirite. He will stay there at Shiloh.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord answered my prayer. He gave me this child.

1 Samuel 1:28

And now I give this child to the Lord. He will serve the Lord all his life.” Then Hannah left the boy there and worshiped the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife. He would say, “May the Lord give you more children through Hannah who will take the place of the boy she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Elkanah and Hannah went home.

Proverbs 31:2

I prayed for a son, and you are the son I gave birth to.

Leviticus 27:2

“Tell the Israelites: You might promise to give someone to the Lord as a servant. The priest must set a price for that person.