1 Samuel 1:20

1 Samuel 1:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

Context of 1 Samuel 1:20

18She said, “Let your bond-servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. 19Then they got up early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him of the Lord.” 21Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. 22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, so that he may appear before the Lord and stay there for life.”

1 Samuel 1:20 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ לִתְקֻפ֣וֹת הַיָּמִ֔ים וַתַּ֥הַר חַנָּ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵיְהוָ֖ה שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• It cameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• in dueתְּקוּפָהteqûphâh teqûphâh · circuitH8622
• timeיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• after Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• had conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• that she gaveיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• to a sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and she namedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• and she namedשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• him Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• Becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• I have askedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• for him of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:20

• Genesis 4:25Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another child in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”
• Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us comfort from our work and from the hard labor of our hands caused by the ground which the Lord has cursed.”
• Genesis 16:11The angel of the Lord said to her further, “Behold, you are pregnant, And you will give birth to a son; And you shall name him Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction.
• Genesis 30:6Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
• Genesis 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all of my father’s household.”
• Exodus 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Called his name Samuel - As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word שמואל Shemuel must be here considerably contracted; if it express this sentiment, the component parts of it are the following: מאל שאול shaul meEl, "asked of God." This name would put both the mother and the son in continual remembrance of the Divine interposition at his birth. See on 1 Samuel 1:28; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Samuel - i. e. heard of God, because given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a journey. When men are in such haste to set out upon journeys, or to engage in business, that they have not time to worship God, they are likely to proceed without his presence and blessing. Hannah, though she felt a warm regard for the courts of God's…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. called his name Samuel--doubtless with her husband's consent. The names of children were given sometimes by the fathers, and sometimes by the mothers (see Ge 4:1, 26; 5:29; 19:37; 21:3); and among the early Hebrews, they were commonly compound names, one part including the name of God.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:20

• Barrenness
• Children
• Conception
• Hannah
• Prayer
• Ramah
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Hannah
• Samuel
• Bitterness
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Birth
• Child; Children
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1

• 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