Verse 23

Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD fulfill his promise.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:25 : 25 So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother’s breasts.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem,‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah,‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
  • Luke 11:27 : 27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him,“Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”
  • Gen 21:7-8 : 7 She went on to say,“Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!” 8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
  • Num 30:7-9 : 7 and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. 8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it. 9 Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. 10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath, 11 and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand.
  • 1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”