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1 Samuel · read by David Smithers
10 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
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1 Samuel 1
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Because the LORD had closed Hannah's womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
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And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
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"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?"Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
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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.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from NKJV · Barrenness
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And she made a vow, pleading, "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 come over his head."Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
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As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)
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Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkRead from NKJV · Barrenness
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Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief."Read from NKJV · Barrenness (High Quality)