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Elkanah[a] would do this year after year, as often as Hannah[b] went up to the house of the Lord. Likewise, Peninnah[c] would provoke her, and Hannah[d] would cry and would not eat. Elkanah her husband told her, “Hannah, why are you crying and why don’t you eat? Why are you upset?[e] Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Hannah got up after she had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the chair by the doorpost of the tent[f] of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:7 Lit. He
  2. 1 Samuel 1:7 Lit. she
  3. 1 Samuel 1:7 Lit. she
  4. 1 Samuel 1:7 Lit. she
  5. 1 Samuel 1:8 Lit. is your heart troubled
  6. 1 Samuel 1:9 Or temple

This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(A) Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(B)

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.(C)

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