Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.
Parallel translations
- WEB As he did so year by year, when she went up to Yahweh’s house. Her rival provoked her; therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
- KJV And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- BSB And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
- NKJV So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.
- NASB And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.
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Quick answer
Year after year at the house of the Lord the provocation continued, until Hannah wept and would not eat. The place of worship became the scene of her deepest distress.
Overview
What should have been a joyful annual feast had become an ordeal of grief for Hannah. The repeated provocation wore her down to weeping and loss of appetite. Her sorrow at the sanctuary sets the stage for her to bring that very grief directly to God in prayer.
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- 1 Sam 2:19Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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