And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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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 1:4-8.