1 Samuel 2:21

1 Samuel 2:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:21

19Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. 20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home. The Lord paid attention to Hannah’s need, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord. 22Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23He said to them, “Why are you doing these things? I have heard about your evil actions from all these people.

1 Samuel 2:21 word by word

כִּֽי־פָקַ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־חַנָּ֔ה וַתַּ֛הַר וַתֵּ֥לֶד שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־בָנִ֖ים וּשְׁתֵּ֣י בָנ֑וֹת וַיִּגְדַּ֛ל הַנַּ֥עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל עִם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• so that she conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• and bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• And the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• grewגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• beforeעִם‛im · withH5973

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:21

• 1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterward, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
• Genesis 21:1The Lord came to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
• Luke 1:68Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and provided redemption for his people.
• 1 Samuel 2:26By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.
• 1 Samuel 3:19Samuel grew. The Lord was with him, and he fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied.
• Judges 13:24So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.
• Luke 1:80The child grew up and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
• Luke 2:40The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21See the marginal references. The words “before the” Lord have special reference to his residence at the tabernacle.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led him to indulge his…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings