Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thine heart troubled? am not I better to thee than ten [a]sons?

So Hannah rose up after that they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh (and Eli the Priest sat upon a stool by one of the posts of the [b]Temple of the Lord)

10 And she was troubled in her mind, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:8 Let this suffice thee, that I love thee no less, than if thou hadst many children.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:9 That is of the house where the Ark was.

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