1 Samuel 1:8

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Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons?

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Ramathaim-zophim was Hannah and Elkanah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim, while Shiloh housed the tabernacle and functioned as Israel’s central sanctuary. Their annual journey to Shiloh frames Hannah’s distress during worship and prepares for her prayer for a son.

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1 Samuel 1:8 mentions Ramathaim-zophim and Shiloh.