Quotes about Hannah
But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
— 1 Samuel 1:5
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
— 1 Samuel 1:6
“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
So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
— 1 Samuel 1:9
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
— 1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
— 1 Samuel 1:13
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
— 1 Samuel 1:14
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
— 1 Samuel 1:15
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
— 1 Samuel 1:18
but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
— 1 Samuel 1:22
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
— 1 Samuel 1:24
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
— 1 Samuel 1:26