1 Samuel 1:11

New International Reader's Version

She made a promise to him. She said, “Lord, you rule over all. Please see how I’m suffering! Show concern for me! Don’t forget about me! Please give me a son! If you do, I’ll give him back to the Lord. Then he will serve the Lord all the days of his life. He’ll never use a razor on his head. He’ll never cut his hair.”

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “May God be with me. May he watch over me on this journey I’m taking. May he give me food to eat and clothes to wear.

Genesis 29:32

Leah became pregnant. She had a son. She named him Reuben. She said, “The Lord has seen me suffer. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God listened to Rachel. He showed concern for her. He made it possible for her to have children.

Genesis 8:1

But God showed concern for Noah. He also showed concern for all the wild animals and livestock that were with Noah in the ark. So God sent a wind to sweep over the earth. And the waters began to go down.

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see how much I’m suffering. Maybe he’ll bring back to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse I’m hearing today.”

Psalm 25:18

Look at how I’m hurting! See how much I suffer! Take away all my sins.

Exodus 4:31

And they believed. They heard that the Lord was concerned about them. He had seen their suffering. So they bowed down and worshiped him.

Proverbs 31:2

Listen, my son! Listen, my very own son! Listen, you who are the answer to my prayers!

Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you make a promise to God, don’t wait too long to carry it out. He isn’t pleased with foolish people. So do what you have promised.

Leviticus 27:2

“Speak to the Israelites. Tell them, ‘Suppose someone makes a special promise to set a person apart to serve the Lord. Here is how much it will cost to set that person free from the promise to serve.

Numbers 21:2

Then Israel made a promise to the Lord. They said, “Hand these people over to us. If you do, we will set their cities apart to you in a special way to be destroyed.”

Numbers 6:11

The priest must offer one of the birds as a sin offering. And he must offer the other as a burnt offering. The sacrifices will pay for the sin of the Nazirite man or woman. They sinned by being near a dead body. That same day they must make their heads holy again.

Numbers 6:5

“ ‘They must not use razors on their heads. They must not cut their hair during the whole time they have set themselves apart to the Lord. They must be holy until that time is over. They must let the hair on their heads grow long.

Numbers 6:8

During the whole time they are set apart they are holy to the Lord.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah made a promise to the Lord. Jephthah said, “Hand the Ammonites over to me.

Judges 13:5

You will become pregnant. You will have a son. The hair on his head must never be cut. That is because the boy will be a Nazirite. He will be set apart to God from the day he is born. He will take the lead in saving Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 1:10

Hannah was very sad. She wept and wept. She prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:12

As Hannah kept on praying to the Lord, Eli watched her lips.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah and his family got up. They worshiped the Lord. Then they went back to their home in Ramah. Elkanah slept with his wife Hannah. And the Lord blessed her.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah didn’t go. She said to her husband, “When the boy doesn’t need me to breast-feed him anymore, I’ll take him to the Lord’s house. I’ll give him to the Lord there. He’ll stay there for the rest of his life.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child. The Lord has given me what I asked him for.

1 Samuel 1:28

So now I’m giving him to the Lord. As long as he lives he’ll be given to the Lord.” And there Eli worshiped the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife. He would say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman. May they take the place of the boy she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Then they would go home.