Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 1:10
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
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And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
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She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
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And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
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1 Samuel 1
8 “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
11 And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
12 As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
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