OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 1:9

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So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.

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Verse 9. Silo; either in some private house, or in the porch before the tabernacle. She complied with the entreaty of her husband. Menochius.—Stool. Hebrew “Heli was sitting upon a throne, near the steps, leading to the palace of the Lord.” It is also called the temple, or the house of God, though it was only a tent. Matthew 12:4. and so forth Perhaps women were not allowed to go beyond the porch.

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