1 Samuel 1:13-15

1:13 Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk. 1:14 So he ¹  said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”

1:15 But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, ²  my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. ³  I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to ⁴  the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:2

1:2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁵  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

Nehemiah 2:4

2:4 The king responded, ⁶  “What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven

Romans 8:26

8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, ⁷  but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

¹ tn Heb “Eli.” The pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

² tn Heb “No.”

³ tn Heb “I am a woman difficult of spirit.” The LXX has “for whom the day is difficult,” apparently mistaking the Hebrew word for “spirit” רוּחַ (ruakh) to be the word for “day” יוֹם (yom).

⁴ tn Heb “before.”

⁵ tn Heb “men.”

⁶ tn Heb “said to me.”

⁷ tn Or “for we do not know what we ought to pray for.”