1 Samuel 1:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →In time Hannah conceives and bears a son, naming him Samuel because she asked the Lord for him.
What Does 1 Samuel 1:20 Mean?
The long wait is over. Hannah conceives and bears a son, and she names him Samuel, explaining that she asked him of the LORD. The child's very name will forever testify to the prayer that brought him and the God who answered.
Every time his name is spoken, it remembers grace: this is the child who came from asking God. Hannah does not credit chance or her own effort but the Lord, who heard her cry. A name born of answered prayer becomes a lifelong witness to God's faithfulness. Samuel will grow to anoint Israel's first kings and prepare the way toward David, and through that line toward Christ, yet it all begins with one woman's prayer and one gracious answer from heaven.
1 Samuel 1:20 in the Original Language
Shemuel (שְׁמוּאֵל), 'Samuel' -- the name echoes the cry for and the hearing of God, born of Hannah's asking.
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What does 1 Samuel 1:20 mean?
In time Hannah conceives and bears a son, naming him Samuel because she asked the Lord for him.