1 Samuel 1:3-8

The Birth of Samuel

³ Now this man used to go up _d year by year from his city _e to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts _f at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord. ⁴ On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, _g he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. ⁵ But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. ₁ ⁶ And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷ So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. ⁸ And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? _h Am I not more to you than ten sons?"

1. Cross References
   1 Samuel 1:21
   The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
   Exodus 23:14
   Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
   Deuteronomy 16:16
   Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
   Luke 2:41
   Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 12:5 - 7
   But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
   
3. Cross References
   Joshua 18:1
   Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 12:17 - 18
   You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present.
   Deuteronomy 16:11
   And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
   Nehemiah 8:10
   Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
   Nehemiah 8:12
   And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
   
5. Cross References
   Ruth 4:15
   He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.