| I Samuel 1:20
| And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, *and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord.
| Year of the World 2849, Year before Christ 1155. About, at the expiration of the year, which term the ancients frequently allowed between the conception and the nativity, Genesis 18:10. --- Samuel. This name imports, asked of God. (Challoner) --- Some letters are omitted for the easier pronunciation, as the Hebrews would now write it, Saul-meel; (Calmet) or it may signify, "God placed him," sum-hal. (Tirinus) --- Shaal means, "to ask." But Vatable thinks that Anna retained only the first letter. (Menochius)
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