1 Samuel 1:11-13

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¹¹She made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life; a ^[a]razor shall never touch his head.”

¹²Now it happened as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth. ¹³Hannah was speaking in her heart (mind); only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard, so Eli ^[b]thought she was drunk.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 1:11 Lit shearing knife. This was a requirement of a Nazirite vow which would apply to Samuel all of his life (see Num 6:2 ff).
1 Samuel 1:13 This implies that the custom at that time was to pray aloud; the outcome (vv 19, 20) shows that God hears prayer, whether it is spoken or silent.