1 Samuel 1:8-10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ ‘Hannah, why are you crying? ’ her husband, Elkanah, would ask. ‘Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons? ’^(A)

⁹ On one occasion, Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh.^[a] The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.^{(B) 10} Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.^(C)