1 Samuel 1:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Her husband Elkanah answered her: “Do what you think best; wait until you have weaned him. Only may the Lord fulfill his word!” And so she remained at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:25

Now, Lord God, confirm the promise that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house forever. Bring about what you have promised

Luke 11:27

While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”

Matthew 24:19

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days.

Isaiah 44:26

I confirm the words of my servant, carry out the plan my messengers announce. I say to Jerusalem, Be inhabited! To the cities of Judah, Be rebuilt! I will raise up their ruins.

Psalm 22:9

“He relied on the Lord—let him deliver him; if he loves him, let him rescue him.”

1 Samuel 1:17

Eli said, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have requested.”

Numbers 30:12

and her husband learns of it yet says nothing to her to oppose her, then all her vows remain valid or any pledge to which she has bound herself.

1 Samuel 14:36

Then Saul said, “Let us go down in pursuit of the Philistines by night, to plunder them until daybreak and leave no one alive.” They replied, “Do what you think best.” But the priest said, “Let us consult God.”

1 Samuel 14:40

So he said to all Israel, “Stand on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will stand on the other.” The people responded, “Do what you think best.”

1 Kings 3:21

I rose in the morning to nurse my son, and he was dead! But when I examined him in the morning light, I saw it was not the son I had borne.”