USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hannah, also spelled Anna, (11th century bc), mother of Samuel, the Jewish judge. Childless as one of the two wives of Elkanah, she prayed for a son, promising to dedicate him to God. Her prayers were answered, and she brought the child Samuel to Shiloh for religious training.

Detailed explanation-2: -The narrative about Hannah can be found in 1 Samuel 1:2–2:21. Outside of the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, she is not otherwise mentioned in the Bible. In the biblical narrative, Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah. The other, Peninnah, had given birth to Elkanah’s children, but Hannah remained childless.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hannah is the second and barren yet preferred wife of Elkanah.

Detailed explanation-4: -In its depiction of Elkanah’s two wives, the Bible contrasts Peninnah, who had children, and Hannah, who was barren. The Rabbis state that Hannah was Elkanah’s first wife; after they had been married for ten years, and he saw that Hannah bore him no children, he also took Peninnah as a wife (Pesikta Rabbati 43).

Detailed explanation-5: -We observe that Hannah was a woman of prayer with a lot of faith and who lived the Word. One year after her child was born, she brought him to the Lord’s house in Shiloh with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine.