Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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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.
Glossary
- Elkanah Person
- God-created. (1. ) The second son of Korah ( Ex. 6:24 ), or, according to 1 Chr. 6:22 , 23, more correctly his grandson.
- Hannah Person
- Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2).