1 Samuel 1:8

1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 4:21

4:21 She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”

1 Samuel 28:7

28:7 So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”


tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

sn The name Ichabod (אִי־כָבוֹד) may mean, “Where is the glory?”

tn Heb “up.”

tn Heb “your voice.”

tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”

tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.