*1 Sam 1:5 Or And because he loved Hannah, he would give her a choice portion. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
*1 Sam 1:9 Hebrew the Temple of the LORD.
*1 Sam 1:11 Some manuscripts add He will drink neither wine nor intoxicants.
*1 Sam 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew term for “asked of God” or “heard by God.”
*1 Sam 1:22 Some manuscripts add I will offer him as a Nazirite for all time.
*1 Sam 1:23 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads may the LORD keep his promise.
*1 Sam 1:24a As in Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads three bulls.
*1 Sam 1:24b Hebrew and an ephah [20 quarts or 22 liters].
*1 Sam 1:28 Hebrew he.