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before the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaide
for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my
The First Book of Samuel complaint and my griefe haue I spoken hitherto.
Otherwise Called The First Book 17 Then Eli answered, and sayd, Go in peace, and
of the Kings the God of Israel graunt thy petition that thou
She sayd againe, Let thine
hast asked of him.
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handmayd finde grace in thy sight: so the woman
1 There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim went her way, and did eate, and looked no more
Zophim, of mount Ephraim, whose name was sad. 19 Then they rose vp early, and worshipped
Elkanah the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of before the Lord, and returned, and came to their
Elihu, the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph, house to Ramah. Nowe Elkanah knewe Hannah
an Ephrathite: 2 And he had two wiues: the his wife, and the Lord remembred her. 20 For in
name of one was Hannah, and the name of the processe of time Hannah conceiued, and bare a
other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but sonne, and she called his name Samuel, Because,
Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went said she, I haue asked him of the Lord. 21 So
vp out of his citie euery yeere, to worship and to the man Elkanah and all his house went vp to
sacrifice vnto the Lord of hostes in Shiloh, where offer vnto the Lord the yeerely sacrifice, and his
were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas vowe: 22 But Hannah went not vp: for she sayd
Priests of the Lord. And on a day, when Elkanah vnto her husband, I will tarie vntill the childe
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sacrificed, he gaue to Peninnah his wife and to be weined, then I will bring him that hee may
all her sonnes and daughters portions, But vnto appeare before the Lord, and there abide for euer.
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Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued 23 And Elkanah her husband sayd vnto her, Do
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Hannah, andtheLordhadmade herbarren. And what seemeth thee best: tarie vntill thou hast
her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she weined him: only the Lord accomplish his word.
vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her So the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke
barren. 7 (And so did he yeere by yeere) and vntill she weined him. 24 And when she had
as oft as she went vp to the house of the Lord, weined him, she tooke him with her with three
thus she vexed her, that she wept and did not bullockes and an Ephah of floure and a bottell of
eate. 8 Then sayd Elkanah her husband to her, wine, and brought him vnto the house of the Lord
Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou in Shiloh, and the childe was yong. 25 And they
not? and why is thine heart troubled? am not slewe a bullocke, and brought the childe to Eli.
I better to thee then ten sonnes? 9 So Hannah 26 And she said, Oh my Lord, as thy soule liueth,
rose vp after that they had eaten and drunke my lord, I am the woman that stoode with thee
in Shiloh (and Eli the Priest sate vpon a stoole here praying vnto the Lord. 27 I prayed for this
by one of the postes of the Temple of the Lord) childe, and the Lord hath giuen me my desire
10 And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed which I asked of him. 28 Therefore also I haue
vnto the Lord, and wept sore: 11 Also she vowed giuen him vnto the Lord: as long as he liueth hee
a vowe, and sayd, O Lord of hostes, if thou wilt shalbe giuen vnto the Lord: and he worshipped
looke on the trouble of thine handmaide, and the Lord there.
remember me, and not forget thine handmaide,
but giue vnto thine handmaide a manchilde, then 2
I will giue him vnto the Lord all the dayes of 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, Mine heart
his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his reioyceth in the Lord, mine horne is exalted in
head. 12 And as she continued praying before the Lord: my mouth is enlarged ouer mine ene-
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the Lord, Eli marked her mouth. 13 For Hannah mies, because I reioyce in thy saluation. There
spake in her heart: her lips did moue onely, but is none holy as the Lord: yea, there is none
her voyce was not heard: therefore Eli thought besides thee, and there is no god like our God.
she had bene drunken. 14 And Eli sayde vnto her, 3 Speake no more presumptuously: let not arro-
Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy gancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is
drunkennesse from thee. 15 Then Hannah an- a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are
swered and sayd, Nay my lord, but I am a woman established. The bow and the mightie men are
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troubled in spirit: I haue drunke neither wine broken, and the weake haue girded themselues
nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule with strength. 5 They that were full, are hired