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1 Samuel 1:8-10
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 1:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why are you not eating? Why are you so downhearted? Am I not worth more than ten sons to you?”
Hannah’s Prayer. 9 Once, when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. 10 She was greatly distressed and she prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 1:10 Hannah showed her true colors by her faithfulness to the Lord. Rather than give up or complain about her fate she prayed in the midst of her great distress.
