Bible Fact · Old Testament
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name …
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah.
1 Samuel 1:2 (KJV)
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Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah.
1 Samuel 1:1 (KJV)
But Hannah had no children. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:5 (KJV)
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1 Samuel 1:13 (KJV)
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel 1:14 (KJV)
O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid… but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Samuel 1:11 (KJV)
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 LORD.
1 Samuel 1:20 (KJV)
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