20 And Eli (A)would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the [a]loan that was (B)given to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home.

21 And the Lord (C)visited[b] Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel (D)grew before the Lord.

Prophecy Against Eli’s Household

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, [c]and how they lay with (E)the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 gift
  2. 1 Samuel 2:21 attended to
  3. 1 Samuel 2:22 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; DSS, LXX omit rest of verse

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