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Shiloh. 1There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from
the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.a
2He had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah;
Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3Each year
this man went up from his city to worship and offer sacrifice to
the LORD of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, were ministering as priests of the LORD.b 4When
the day came for Elkanah to offer sacrifice, he used to give
portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters,
5but he would give a double portion to Hannah because he loved
her, though the LORD had closed her womb.c 6Her rival,* to upset
her, would torment her constantly, since the LORD had closed her
womb.d 7Year after year, when she went up to the house of the
LORD, Peninnah would