1 Samuel 1

Some account of Elkanah and his two wives, Peninnah and Hannah, 1 Samuel 1:1 , 1 Samuel 1:2 . His annual worship at Shiloh and the portions he gave at such times to his wives, 1 Samuel 1:3-5 . Hannah, being barren, is reproached by Peninnah, especially in their going up to Shiloh; at which she is sorely grieved, 1 Samuel 1:6 , 1 Samuel 1:7 . Elkanah comforts her, 1 Samuel 1:8 . Her prayer and vow in the temple, that if God would give her a son, she would consecrate him to His service, 1 Samuel 1:9-11 . Eli, the high priest, indistinctly hearing her pray, charges her with being drunk, 1 Samuel 1:12-14 . Her defense of her conduct, 1 Samuel 1:15 , 1 Samuel 1:16 . Eli, undeceived, blesses her; on which she takes courage, 1 Samuel 1:17 , 1 Samuel 1:18 . Hannah and Elkanah return home; she conceives, bears a son, and calls him Samuel, 1 Samuel 1:19 , 1 Samuel 1:20 . Elkanah and his family go again to Shiloh to worship; but Hannah stays at home to nurse her child, purposing, as soon as he is weaned, to go and offer him to the Lord, according to her vow, 1 Samuel 1:21-23 . When weaned, she takes him to Shiloh, presents hear child to Eli to be consecrated to the Lord, and offers three bullocks, an ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, for his consecration, 1 Samuel 1:24-28 .