“1. We have shown that this man indeed designates the Redeemer of the human race; Anna his wife, His Church; the boy Samuel, the people of believers from the nations; and Ramatha the city, the heavenly homeland. What then does it mean that after his wife's canticle Elkanah is said to have gone away to Ramatha his city,…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 2
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11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
10The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
— 1 Samuel 2:11 —
12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;