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Birth of Samuel and Samuel Taken to Eli - I Samuel 1:1 – 1:28 (commentary)

The chapter begins by telling about Elkanah and his two wives, Peninnah and Hannah, who lived in Ramah about five miles north of Jerusalem (vv. 1-2). Although God tolerated polygamy in the Old Testament, it was not part of his original intention for marriage (Gen 2:24) and caus …