Excerpt from The Holy Scriptures of the Old Covenant, in a Revised Translation, Vol. 2: Containing the Two Books of Samuel; The Two Books of the Kings, and the Two Books of the Chronicles; The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; The Book of Job and the Psalms And it came to pass, as she often prayed before Jehovah, 12 that Eli observed her mouth. Now Hannah, she spake in 13 her heart 3 only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said 14 unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, No, 15 my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit 3 I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah. Count not thy handmaid for a daughter 16 of Belial 3 for out of the greatness of my sorrow and my grief have I spoken hitherto. Then Eli answered and said, 17 Go in peace 3 and the God of Israel grant thee thy peti tion which thou hast asked of him. And she said, Let 18 thy handmaid find favour in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped 19 before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah 3 and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife 3 and Jehovah remembered her. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time 20 was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel [heard or god], saying. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.