I Samuel 1:6

“Her rival taunted her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had shut up her womb.”

About I Samuel

The transition from judges to kings, featuring Samuel, Saul, and David.

Old Testament • Book #9

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her...

but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had shut up her womb.

As he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she taunted her; therefore ...

Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart gri...

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