1 Samuel 1:8 meaning and explanation
“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
1 Samuel 1:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Elkanah speaks these words to Hannah at Shiloh, where the family has come to worship and sacrifice. His wife is childless while his other wife, Peninnah, has children and taunts her, so Hannah weeps and refuses food.
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