1 Samuel 1:7 (WEB)
So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ephrem the Syrian
“Hannah with bitter tears asked a child; Sarah and Rebecca with vows and words, Elizabeth also with her prayer, after having vexed themselves for a long time, yet so obtained comfort.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. i. 7.
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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 · 3
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 6.