1 Samuel 1:16
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:10-19
Hannah's Prayer. ( b. c. 1140.) 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord , and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days… Read the whole commentary →