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Peninnah liked to make Hannah feel miserable about not having any children, especially when the family went to the house of the Lord[a] each year.

One day, Elkanah was there offering a sacrifice, when Hannah began crying and refused to eat. So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1.7 house of the Lord: Another name for the place of worship at Shiloh, which still may have been the sacred tent at this time.

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