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1There was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.[#Josh 17.17, 18; 1 Chr 6.27; #1.1 Compare Gk: Heb Ramathaim-zophim]
2He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.[#Deut 21.15–17; Lk 2.36]
3Now this man used to go up year by year from his town to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord .[#Ex 34.23; Deut 12.5; Josh 18.1]
4On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,[#Deut 12.17]
5but to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[#Gen 16.1; 30.2; #1.5 Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain]
6Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.[#Job 24.21]
7So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord , she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.
8Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”[#Ruth 4.15]
9After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord . Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord .[#1 Sam 3.3; #1.9 Gk: Heb lacks and presented herself before the]
10She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
11She made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.”[#Gen 28.20; 29.32; Num 6.5; Judg 13.5; #1.11 Cn Compare Gk Q ms: MT child, then I will give him to the all the days of his life]
12As she continued praying before the Lord , Eli observed her mouth.
13Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk.[#Gen 24.42–45]
14So Eli said to her, “How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Put away your wine.”[#Acts 2.4, 13]
15But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord .[#Ps 62.8]
16Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.”
17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him.”[#Judg 18.6; 1 Sam 25.35; Mk 5.34]
18And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went her way and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer.[#Ruth 2.13; Eccl 9.7; #1.18 Gk: Heb lacks and drank with her husband; #1.18 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain]
19They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.[#Gen 4.1; 30.22]
20In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord .”[#Gen 41.51, 52; Ex 2.10, 22]
21The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.[#v 3]
22But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord and remain there forever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.”[#1 Sam 2.11, 18; Lk 2.22; #1.22 Cn Compare Q ms: MT lacks I will offer him as a nazirite for all time]
23Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish your word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.[#v 17; Num 30.7; #1.23 Q ms Gk Syr: MT his]
24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh, and the child was young.[#Deut 12.5; Josh 18.1; #1.24 Q ms Gk Syr: MT three bulls]
25Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the child to Eli.[#Lev 1.5; Lk 2.22]
26And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence praying to the Lord .[#2 Kings 2.2]
27For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him.[#vv 11–13]
28Therefore I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord .” And they worshiped the Lord there.[#vv 11, 22]