King James Version
What Does 1 Samuel 1:6 Mean?
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. provoked: Heb. angered”
Context
4
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. worthy: or, double
6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. provoked: Heb. angered
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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. when: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up
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Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **And her adversary also provoked her sore.**—Jealousy, grief, anger, malice, the many bitter fruits of this way of living, so different to God’s original appointment, here show themselves. The one sin of polygamy poisons the whole home life of the family, in all other respects apparently a quiet, Godfearing, orderly household.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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