Lux Domini
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

Key themes

HopeAnxiety and fearSuffering and trialsPrayerLeadership

Glossary

Hannah Person

Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2).

Eli Person

Ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh ( 1 Sam. 1:3 , 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron’s fourth son ( 1 Chr. 24:3 ; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17 ), who held that office.

Shiloh Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Seilun.