1 Samuel 1:1
Hannah Gives Birth to Samuel
1:1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
1 Samuel 1:8
1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad?
Am I not better to you than ten
sons?”
1 Samuel 1:23
1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.”
So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
1 Samuel 2:20
2:20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the
Lord raise up for you descendants
from this woman to replace the one that she
dedicated to the
Lord.” Then they would go to their
home.