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21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Luke 2:40

    And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

  • Genesis 21:1

    And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

  • 1 Samuel 3:19

    And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

  • 1 Samuel 2:26

    And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

  • Judges 13:24

    And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-26)

In these verses we have the good character and posture of Elkanah’s family, and the bad character and posture of Eli’s family. The account of these two is observably interwoven throughout this whole paragraph, as if the historian intended to set the one over against the other, that they might set off one another. The devotion and good order of Elkanah’s family aggravated the iniquity of Eli’s hous…

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