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Pray with Hannah

Childless for years, she poured out her soul at Shiloh and gave back the son God gave her.

OTHannah, seen from behind under a long veil, hands resting on a stone wall above the hills at duskHannahAnd she vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”1 Samuel 1:11 · ESVPeople of the Bible6 / 36

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Who prayed it
Hannah
Context
Each year at Shiloh, Elkanah’s other wife Peninnah, who had children, provoked childless Hannah until she wept and would not eat (1 Samuel 1:2-⁠7). Deeply distressed, Hannah rose after the meal and prayed (1:9-⁠10).
  1. Read how Hannah prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
  2. Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
  3. Read the verses that name Hannah, further down this page.

Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.

In the same story

Every verse that names Hannah · English Standard Version

Where Hannah appears

Hannah is named in 11 verses, all in 1 Samuel

Chapter and verse, book by book.

BookWhereVerses
1 Samuel1:21:51:81:91:131:151:191:201:222:12:2111

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