Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? (A)Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of (B)the temple of the Lord. 10 She, [a]greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:10 Lit bitter of soul