1 Samuel 1:2

and, he, had two wives, the name of the one, Hannah, and, the name of the other, Peninnah,—and Peninnah had children, but, Hannah, had no children.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

In Context

1And there was a certain man, of Ramathaim-zuphi, of the hill country of Ephraim,—whose name, was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite;

3So then that man went up, out of his city, from time to time, to worship and to sacrifice unto Yahweh of hosts, in Shiloh,—and, there, were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Yahweh.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:19And Lamech took to himself two wives,—the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 11:30And, Sarai, remained barren,—she had no child,

Genesis 25:21So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,—and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 29:31And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,—whereas, Rachel, was barren.

Judges 8:30And, Gideon, had seventy sons, sprung from his own loins,—for, many wives, had he.

Matthew 19:8He saith unto them—Moses, in view of your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives; From the beginning however, hath it not been done, thus.

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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