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1 Samuel 1:26 Explained in Context
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Verse 26. 26And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
Reidentifies Hannah to Eli as the woman who had prayed in that place.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28
Read 1 Samuel 1:26 as one step in 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28: it reidentifies Hannah to Eli as the woman who had prayed in that place. The complete scene shows that After weaning, Hannah brings Samuel with offerings, identifies herself to Eli, recounts the answered petition, and gives the child to lifelong service before worship.
Why This Verse Appears Here
1 Samuel 1:26 belongs here because it reidentifies Hannah to Eli as the woman who had prayed in that place. Without that detail, the transition traced in 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28 would lose a stated action, speech, or consequence.
What Remains True
Reidentifies Hannah to Eli as the woman who had prayed in that place. Within 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28, this contribution supports the unit's enduring claim: This unit calls for truthfulness about what happened, humility about what remains uncertain, and refusal of the misuse it names: This dedication does not authorize parents, leaders, or institutions to coerce children, romanticize separation, or treat vows as overriding a child's safety and personhood.
How It Can Shape Life
- Reidentifies Hannah to Eli as the woman who had prayed in that place. The proportionate response is therefore the one traced from the complete unit: Before making or enforcing a serious promise, consider who may bear its cost, seek wise accountability, and protect life and consent rather than defending harmful words merely because they were spoken. This dedication does not authorize parents, leaders, or institutions to coerce children, romanticize separation, or treat vows as overriding a child's safety and personhood.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28 — Hannah brings Samuel to Shiloh and fulfills her vowSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: 1 Samuel 1:24–1:28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology, with the two KJV-Hebrew versification shifts stated rather than silently offset.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Sam.xml, OSIS 1:24–1:28; KJV 20:42 spans Hebrew 20:42–21:1, KJV 21:1–15 maps to Hebrew 21:2–16, KJV 23:29 maps to Hebrew 24:1, and KJV 24:1–22 maps to Hebrew 24:2–23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: 1 Samuel
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only the translator notes actually printed for these verses, used for lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and older-English controls.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Notes, 1 Samuel PDF, printed pp. 504–543, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 1:24–1:28
Open source ↗