⁵⁴ He offered a sacrifice^(A) there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal.^(B) After they had eaten, they spent the night there.

⁶ there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes^(A) and special gifts, what you have vowed^(B) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.^(C)

⁷ There, in the presence^(A) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice^(B) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

⁴ Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice,^(A) he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.^(B)

⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion^(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.^(B)

⁹ Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house.^(A)