Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Samuel 2:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
Reports Hannah's later children while Samuel continues growing before the LORD.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 2:18–2:21
The line at 1 Samuel 2:21 reports Hannah's later children while Samuel continues growing before the LORD. Its place in 1 Samuel 2:18–2:21 matters because Samuel ministers in a linen ephod, Hannah brings him a coat each year, Eli blesses the parents, and Hannah later bears five more children while Samuel grows before the LORD.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Reports Hannah's later children while Samuel continues growing before the LORD. That contribution supplies necessary evidence for “Samuel grows under Hannah's continuing care,” whose full movement is Samuel ministers in a linen ephod, Hannah brings him a coat each year, Eli blesses the parents, and Hannah later bears five more children while Samuel grows before the LORD.
What Remains True
Reports Hannah's later children while Samuel continues growing before the LORD. Within 1 Samuel 2:18–2:21, this contribution supports the unit's enduring claim: The enduring claim is contextual rather than triumphal: Samuel ministers in a linen ephod, Hannah brings him a coat each year, Eli blesses the parents, and Hannah later bears five more children while Samuel grows before the LORD. Samuel's service does not erase his dependence as a child, make family separation painless, or teach that faithful giving guarantees replacement children.
How It Can Shape Life
- Reports Hannah's later children while Samuel continues growing before the LORD. The proportionate response is therefore the one traced from the complete unit: Protect a child's safety, development, voice, and continuing relationships when adults make religious or family commitments; devotion must not erase a child's personhood or practical needs. Samuel's service does not erase his dependence as a child, make family separation painless, or teach that faithful giving guarantees replacement children.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Samuel 2:18–2:21 — Samuel grows under Hannah's continuing careSources used for this Verse Lens
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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 2:18–2:21, 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 2:18–2:21; 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 2:18–2:21
Open source ↗