1 Samuel 1:9 (WEB)
So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.
Catechism · 1
“At first the leaders of the people - the shepherds and the prophets - teach them to pray. the infant Samuel must have learned from his mother Hannah how "to stand before the LORD" and from the priest Eli how to listen to his word: "Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Sam 3:9-10; cf. 1:9-18.
Fathers and councils · 1
“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 Catechism §2578.
Cited together in Catechism §2578.
Cited together in Catechism §2578.