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## 1 Samuel 1:10-18 in Context (Verses 7–21 KJV)
 
 [7 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/7) And *as* he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/8) Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? *am* not I better to thee than ten sons?
 
 [9 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/9) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/10) And she *was* in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/11) 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 of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.*
 
 [12 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/12) And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.*
 
 [13 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/13) Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/14) And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/15) And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I *am* a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.*
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/16) Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.*
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/17) Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant *thee* thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/18) And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more *sad*.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/19) ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/20) Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, *saying*, Because I have asked him of the LORD.**
 
 [21 ](/kjv/1-samuel/1/21) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
 
[Ruth 4](/kjv/ruth/4) [1 Samuel 2](/kjv/1-samuel/2)

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