Contributed by Dawn Duryea on Mar 4, 2024
                    
                
                
                    The story of Hannah is not well known and today it is given as an alternative reading to the more familiar story of Samuel’s call.  So, let us dive into this tale of Hannah.
                
                    
                        
Hannah is a young woman, married to Elkanah.  But she is not his only wife, Elkanah has another wife called Peninnah.  Hannah is his first wife, but she has not been blessed with children, we are told twice that the Lord had “closed her womb” (vs. 5, 6).  In contrast to Hannah, Peninnah (whose
                        
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