1 Samuel 1:9

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So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh.

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Ramathaim-zophim was Hannah and Elkanah’s hometown in the hill country of Ephraim, from which they traveled to worship. Shiloh, in central Israel, housed the tabernacle and served as Israel’s principal sanctuary; there Hannah prayed after the family’s sacrificial meal.

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1 Samuel 1:9 mentions Ramathaim-zophim and Shiloh.