1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul,.... Because of her barrenness, and the taunts and reflections she had met with on that account; her life was bitter to her, she could take no pleasure in any of the…

Elkanah had gently reproved Hannah for her inordinate grief, and here we find the good effect of the reproof.

I. It brought her to her meat. She ate and drank, Sa1 1:9. She did not harden herself in…

Hannah's Prayer and its answer

9. So Hannah rose up Simply And. Hannah left the feast for which she had not heart, and went to pray.

Eli the priest Eli belonged to the house of Ithamar Aaron's fourth…