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Hannah Weeping in Prayer While Eli Watches
by KalebRosendahl
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1 Samuel 1:12
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Now there was
a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name
was
Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
2
And he had two wives; the name of the one
was
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
3
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the
L
ORD
of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the
L
ORD
,
were
there.
4
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the
L
ORD
had shut up her womb.
6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the
L
ORD
had shut up her womb.
7
And
as
he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the
L
ORD
, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved?
am
not I better to thee than ten sons?
9
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the
L
ORD
.
10
And she
was
in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the
L
ORD
, and wept sore.
11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O
L
ORD
of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the
L
ORD
all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the
L
ORD
, that Eli marked her mouth.
13
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I
am
a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the
L
ORD
.
16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
17
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant
thee
thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
18
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more
sad
.
19
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the
L
ORD
, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the
L
ORD
remembered her.
20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel,
saying
, Because I have asked him of the
L
ORD
.
21
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the
L
ORD
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
22
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband,
I will not go up
until the child be weaned, and
then
I will bring him, that he may appear before the
L
ORD
, and there abide for ever.
23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the
L
ORD
establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
24
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the
L
ORD
in Shiloh: and the child
was
young.
25
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
26
And she said, Oh my lord,
as
thy soul liveth, my lord, I
am
the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the
L
ORD
.
27
For this child I prayed; and the
L
ORD
hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
28
Therefore also I have lent him to the
L
ORD
; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the
L
ORD
. And he worshipped the
L
ORD
there.
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