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  2. Hannah (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    Hannah presenting her son Samuel to the priest Eli, ca. 1665. Hannah's conflict with her rival, her barrenness, and her longing for a son are stereotypical motifs. According to Michelle Osherow, Hannah represents the character of the earnest petitioner and grateful celebrant of divine glory.

  3. Eli (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    1645 painting by Jan Victors of Hannah presenting her son Samuel to Eli, who is seated on the right. The sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, meanwhile, were behaving wickedly, for example by taking for themselves all the prime cuts of meat from sacrifices, and by committing adultery with the women who serve at the sanctuary entrance. Eli was ...

  4. Song of Hannah - Wikipedia

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    According to the biblical account, Hannah sang her song when she presented Samuel to Eli the priest. The Song of Hannah is a poem interpreting the prose text of the Books of Samuel. According to the surrounding narrative, the poem (1 Samuel 2:1–10) was a prayer delivered by Hannah, to give thanks to God for the birth of her son, Samuel.

  5. 1 Samuel 2 - Wikipedia

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    1 Samuel 2 is the second chapter of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible (or the "First Book of Samuel" in the Christian Bible). [1] It recounts the Song of Hannah, the corruption of the priests descended from Eli, Samuel's ministry to God 'even as a child' [2] and the prophecy of a "man of God" against Eli's household.

  6. Portal:Bible/Featured chapter/1 Samuel - Wikipedia

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    A childless woman named Hannah makes a vow promising that if she has a son, he will be dedicated to God and be a Nazirite. A priest named Eli blesses her, and a child is soon born and is identified as Samuel. PEOPLE: Elkanah - Hannah - Peninnah - יהוה YHVH - Eli - Hophni - Phinehas - Samuel. PLACES: Ramathaim - Zophim - Mount Ephraim - Shiloh

  7. Elkanah - Wikipedia

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    Elkanah and his two wives (illuminated manuscript, c. 1430)Elkanah (Hebrew: אֱלְקָנָה ’Ĕlqānā "El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel.

  8. Samuel - Wikipedia

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    Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah.Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. [4] [5] His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:3–15) and in that of Heman the Ezrahite, apparently his grandson (1 Chronicles 6:18–33).

  9. Hophni and Phinehas - Wikipedia

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    The first book of Samuel describes them as the officiating priests at the sanctuary of Shiloh at the time of Hannah. According to Josephus, Phinehas officiated as high priest because Eli had resigned as high priest at Shiloh because of his advanced age. [1] Hophni and Phinehas of the House of Eli