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1 Samuel 1:8

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1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? 1  Am I not better to you than ten 2  sons?”

1 Samuel 1:23

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1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. 3  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” 4 

So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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[1:8]  1 tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

[1:8]  2 sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

[1:23]  3 tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

[1:23]  4 tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).



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