1 Samuel 1:6

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

Majority Standard Bible

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 would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

7And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

1 Samuel 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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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