1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

1 Samuel 1:12

1:12 As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.


tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

tc Heb “before.” Many medieval Hebrew manuscripts read “to.”