1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.stylus1 Chronicles 6:25, 1 Chronicles 6:27, 1 Chronicles 6:25, 1 Chronicles 6:27, 1 Chronicles 6:342He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.stylusGenesis 4:23, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:2, Matthew 19:8, Judges 8:303Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.stylusLuke 2:41, Luke 2:41, Joshua 18:1, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:74And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.stylusDeuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:115But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.stylusGenesis 30:2, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 29:30, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:306Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.stylusJob 6:14, Job 6:14, Job 24:21, Job 24:21, Leviticus 18:187And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.stylus1 Samuel 2:19, 1 Samuel 2:198“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”stylusRuth 4:15, Ruth 4:15, Isaiah 54:6, Job 6:14, Isaiah 54:69So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.stylus1 Samuel 3:3, 1 Samuel 3:3, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 27:4, 2 Samuel 7:210In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.stylusJob 7:11, Job 7:11, Luke 22:44, Job 10:1, Luke 22:4411And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”stylusJudges 13:5, Judges 13:5, Numbers 6:5, Numbers 6:5, Ecclesiastes 5:412As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16, Luke 18:113Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkstylusRomans 8:26, Romans 8:26, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:45, Acts 2:1314and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”stylusJob 22:23, Job 11:14, Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:3, Job 8:215“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.stylusPsalms 62:8, Psalms 62:8, Lamentations 2:19, Lamentations 2:19, Psalms 42:416Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”stylus1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Samuel 2:12, Job 10:1, Job 10:2, Matthew 12:3417“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”stylusMark 5:34, Mark 5:34, Psalms 20:3, Psalms 20:5, Judges 18:618“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.stylusRuth 2:13, Ruth 2:13, Romans 15:13, Romans 15:13, Ecclesiastes 9:719The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.stylusGenesis 21:1, Genesis 21:1, Genesis 30:22, 1 Samuel 1:11, Genesis 30:2220So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”stylusGenesis 41:51, Genesis 41:52, Genesis 41:51, Genesis 41:52, Matthew 1:2121Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,stylus1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:3, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:11, Joshua 24:1522but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”stylus1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28, Luke 2:2223“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.stylus2 Samuel 7:25, 2 Samuel 7:25, Matthew 24:19, 1 Samuel 1:17, Luke 11:2724Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.stylusNumbers 15:9, Numbers 15:10, Numbers 15:9, Numbers 15:10, Joshua 18:125And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.stylusLuke 18:15, Luke 18:16, Luke 18:15, Luke 18:16, Luke 2:2226“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.stylus2 Kings 2:2, 2 Kings 2:4, 2 Kings 4:30, 2 Kings 2:6, 2 Kings 2:227I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,stylus1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:15, Psalms 118:5, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:1328I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.stylusGenesis 24:26, Genesis 24:26, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 24:52, 2 Timothy 3:15