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Elkanah, an Ephraimite, and his two wives (Hannah, who has no children, and Peninnah, who does) visit Shiloh yearly. Hannah is given a double portion for an offering. Peninnah provokes her and makes her miserable. Hannah prays that if God gives her a son, she will dedicate it to Him as a Nazarite. Eli the priest thinks she is drunk as she moved her lips, but then blesses her when he discovers the truth. Hannah gives birth to Samuel, and gives him to God in Shiloh once he has been weaned.
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Hannah praises God. Her poem warns the arrogant and proud, and talks of a God who humiliates the strong and exalts the weak. Samuel ministers for Eli. The sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, are corrupt, stealing for themselves meat offerings, and and sleeping with women who assembled at the tabernacle. Eli rebukes them, but in vain, because God wanted to kill them. An unknown man of God pronounces judgment to Eli: his family will be cut off from the office of High Priest, and his sons will both die on the same day.
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