King James Version (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?”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 1
6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
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
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
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.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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