1 Samuel 1:2 (WEB)
He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Damascene
“But just as the earlier Anna, who was barren, bore Samuel by prayer and by promise, so also this Anna by supplication and promise from God bare the Mother of God in order that she might not even in this be behind the matrons of fame.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. i. 2.
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Tertullian
“Thus a God-ward fast is a work of reverential awe: and by its means also Hannah the wife of Elkanah making suit, barren as she had been beforetime, easily obtained from God the filling of her belly, empty of food, with a son, ay, and a prophet.” — editor's note: See 1 Sam. i. 1, 2, 7–20; iii. 20 (in LXX. 1 Kings).
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Cross-references · 2
1 Samuel 1:2 and 2 Samuel 4:2 share the same wording (9 words).
Numbers 11:26 and 1 Samuel 1:2 share the same wording (9 words).