1 Samuel 1:17
“35. For Eli first contradicted Hannah while she was praying by uttering insults, but afterward he took pleasure in her devotion to him. What is this, except that the Jewish priesthood both opposed the preaching Church through some ministers of its office, and through others finally consented to the recognized truth of…”
Source: Septuagint
17And Eli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.
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15And Hannah answered and said, Nay, my lord, I live in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.
16Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.
— 1 Samuel 1:17 —
18And she said, Thine handmaid has found favor in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.
19And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Elkanah went into his house at Ramah, and knew his wife Hannah; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.