1 Samuel 1:9-20

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[9] 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. [10] She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept sore. [11] She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head. [12] It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli marked her mouth. [13] Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. [14] Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you. [15] Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh. [16] Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. [17] Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him. [18] She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more. [19] They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her. [20] It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Yahweh.

Ramathaim-zophim was Hannah and Elkanah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim, from which they traveled to worship. Shiloh housed the tabernacle and priesthood in this period; there Hannah prayed, vowed her son to the Lord, and received assurance before Samuel’s birth.

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1 Samuel 1:9-20 mentions Ramathaim-zophim and Shiloh.

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