1 Samuel 1:7

New International Reader's Version

Peninnah teased Hannah year after year. Every time Hannah would go up to the house of the Lord, Elkanah’s other wife would tease her. She would keep doing it until Hannah cried and wouldn’t eat.

Cross References

Psalm 102:4

My strength has dried up like grass. I even forget to eat my food.

Psalm 102:5

I groan out loud because of my suffering. I’m nothing but skin and bones.

Jeremiah 41:5

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’s house.

1 Samuel 1:6

Peninnah teased Hannah to make her angry. She did it because the Lord had kept Hannah from having children.

1 Samuel 1:8

Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why don’t you eat? Why are you so unhappy? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 2:1

Then Hannah prayed. She said, “The Lord has filled my heart with joy. He has made me strong. I can laugh at my enemies. I’m so glad he saved me.

1 Samuel 2:19

Each year his mother made him a little robe. She took it to him when she went up to Shiloh with her husband. She did it when her husband went to offer the yearly sacrifice.