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1 Samuel 1:8-10
EasyEnglish Bible
1 Samuel 1:8-10
EasyEnglish Bible
8 Hannah's husband, Elkanah, said to her, ‘Why should you weep and refuse to eat? Do not be so sad. I love you, and that is better than ten sons.’
Hannah and Eli
9 One day they had offered sacrifices at Shiloh. They had finished eating and drinking. Hannah stood up to pray to God. Eli the priest was sitting on his chair beside the door of the Lord's temple.[a] 10 Hannah was very upset as she prayed to the Lord. She could not stop weeping.
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- 1:9 At this time, the temple where people worshipped the Lord was a tent.
1 Samuel 1:8-10
New International Version
1 Samuel 1:8-10
New International Version
8 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?(A)”
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.(B) 10 In her deep anguish(C) Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.
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