1 Samuel 1:6 Meaning and Explanation
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.”
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Read Full Chapter →Peninnah, Hannah's rival, taunts her bitterly over her childlessness to make her miserable.
What Does 1 Samuel 1:6 Mean?
Peninnah is called Hannah's adversary, and she uses Hannah's barrenness as a weapon, provoking her again and again to make her fret. The cruelty is deliberate and aimed at the deepest wound. Within one household, the gift of children in one woman becomes a source of torment for the other.
Few pains cut as deeply as scorn directed at a sorrow we cannot fix. Hannah cannot answer the taunt or change her situation; she can only feel it. Yet Scripture records her affliction so that we will not think God overlooks the wounded. The Lord draws near to the brokenhearted, and the very grief Peninnah means for harm will become the prayer that God delights to answer. What an enemy intends to crush, God can use to drive a soul to its knees.
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What does 1 Samuel 1:6 mean?
Peninnah, Hannah's rival, taunts her bitterly over her childlessness to make her miserable.