1 Samuel 1:12

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It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli marked her mouth.

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Ramathaim-zophim was Hannah’s home district in the Ephraimite hill country, from which she and Elkanah traveled to Shiloh. Shiloh housed the central sanctuary and ark in this period, making Hannah’s prolonged prayer there a plea before the Lord at Israel’s appointed place of worship.

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1 Samuel 1:12 mentions Ramathaim-zophim and Shiloh.