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Pentecost Season · Proper 28 · Year B

1 Samuel 1:4-20

Hannah's Prayer for a Son

November 14, 2027

The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1665Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A pupil of Rembrandt paints the handover in a dim temple, with the mother's hands still on the boy as she gives him up.For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord.Gerbrand van den EeckhoutA pupil and lifelong friend of Rembrandt, who kept his master's manner in biblical subjects while painting fashionable portraits for a living.Ashmolean Museum, OxfordThe first university museum in the world, opened in 1683 on a collection of curiosities given to Oxford.Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 13:1-8Mk 13:1-8
EpistleHeb. 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25Heb 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
Old Testament1 Sam. 1:4-201 Sm 1:4-20Alt. OTDan. 12:1-3Dn 12:1-3
Psalter1 Sam. 2:1-101 Sm 2:1-10Alt. PsalmPs. 16Ps 16

Overview & Insights

"She named him Samuel, for she said, 'I have asked him of the LORD.'" (1 Samuel 1:20)

Barren and grieved, Hannah prays at Shiloh and vows to give her son to the LORD. God remembers her, and she bears Samuel, whose name recalls her petition.

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Commentary

Working Preacher (Year B, Ordinary 33) Working Preacher

Commentary on this exact Year B first reading.

Enduring Word: 1 Samuel 1Enduring Word: 1 Sm 1 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse study of Hannah's story.

BibleHub Commentaries: 1 Samuel 1BibleHub Commentaries: 1 Sm 1 BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the chapter.

Precept Austin: 1 Samuel 1Precept Austin: 1 Sm 1 Precept Austin

Detailed study notes and cross references.

Barnes Notes: 1 Samuel 1Barnes Notes: 1 Sm 1 StudyLight

A historic commentary on the passage.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: I Samuel 1 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with classic Jewish commentary.

BibleHub Interlinear: 1 Samuel 1:4BibleHub Interlinear: 1 Sm 1:4 BibleHub

Hebrew text with parsing for word study.

BibleProject: 1 Samuel OverviewBibleProject: 1 Sm Overview BibleProject

Visual overview of the narrative of 1 Samuel.

The Church Fathers

Catena: 1 Samuel 1Catena: 1 Sm 1 Catena

Patristic comment gathered verse by verse.

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