1 Samuel 1:6

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Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

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Ramathaim-zophim was Elkanah’s home in the Ephraimite hill country, while Shiloh housed Israel’s central sanctuary and the tabernacle. The family’s regular journey to Shiloh for sacrifice frames Peninnah’s provocation of Hannah during worship-centered pilgrimage.

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1 Samuel 1:6 mentions Ramathaim-zophim and Shiloh.