1 Samuel 1:2

1 Samuel 1:3 →

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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Interpretation

Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divisions put a stop to the devotions.

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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 1:1-3.

1 Samuel 1:1 1 Samuel 1:2 1 Samuel 1:3

Glossary

Hannah Person: Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2).