1 Samuel 1:6

And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.

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In The King James Version

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

In Context

5But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

7And she did so every year, when the time returned for them to ascend to the temple of the Lord. And she provoked her in this way. And so, she wept and did not take food.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:18You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.

1 Samuel 2:1“My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.

Job 6:14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:2-9

First Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, not because he was the penman of them (except of so much of them as fell within his own time, to the twenty-fifth chapter of the first book, in which we have an account of his death), but because the first book begins with a large account of him, his birth and childhood, his life and government; and the rest of these two volumes that are denominated from him contains the history of the reigns of Saul and David, who were both… Read the whole commentary →

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