7. So that is what took place year after year. Whenever Hannah went to the Lord’s house, Peninnah would make fun of her. Then she would cry and wouldn’t eat anything.
8. "Hannah, why are you crying?" her husband Elkanah would say to her. "Why won’t you eat? Why are you so sad? Aren’t I worth more to you than ten sons?"
9. One time, after eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah got up and presented herself before the Lord. (Now Eli the priest was sitting in the chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)
10. Hannah was very upset and couldn’t stop crying as she prayed to the Lord.