1 Samuel 1:11

New English Translation

She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 29:32

So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

Psalm 25:18

See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

Exodus 4:31

and the people believed. When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.

Proverbs 31:2

O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

Leviticus 27:2

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,

Numbers 21:2

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”

Numbers 6:11

Then the priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because of his transgression in regard to the corpse. So he must reconsecrate his head on that day.

Numbers 6:5

“‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

Numbers 6:8

All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Judges 13:5

Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 1:10

She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably.

1 Samuel 1:12

As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:19

They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:22

but Hannah did not go up with them. Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:28

Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants from this woman to replace the one that she dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their home.