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nah wept before the Lord because she
had no children and, though Elkanah
loved her. the Lord refused to give her
children. "And her adversary also pro-
voked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the Lord had shut up her
womb, NV and she was in bitterness of
soul and prayer unto the Lord, and wept
sore" Hannah promised the Lord if he
would give her son, that she would
dedicate him unto the Lord, all the days
his head Eli was then judge and noticed
1annah's movements and thought she
had been drunk. "And itcame to pass, as
she continued praying before the Lord that
Eli marked her mouth. Now Hannah,
she spoke in her heart, only her lips
moved, but her voice was not heard;
therefore Eli thought she was drunken. =
So the Lord gave her Samuel, and when
he had been weaned she took him to Shi-
lob to help Eli about the tabernacle, and
once year she made him ''littIe coat
and took it to him at Shiloh" Hannah
sung BEAUTIFUL song unto the Lord; see
| | Sam. 2.
After that, the Lord called Samuel to
succeed Eli.
Eli had wicked sons and God determin-
ed to destroy them, gave the Philstines
The victory over them. The children of
Israel took the "Ark of God" into the
battle with the Phiistine. and the ark
was taken and Ellis sons were killed.
''And the Philistines fought and Israel
was smitten. and they went every man,
into his tent, and there was very
great slaughter, for there fell of Israel
thirty thousand footmen, and the Ark
of God was taken; and the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
When this bad news reached old father
Eli, he fell down from his seat, by the
side of the gate and broke his neck. He
was ninety-eight years old and partially
blind; he had judged Israel forty years.
His daughter-in-law, just at this time,
gave birth to son and died, and they
named the child 'Ichabod," (meaning
there is no glory) saying, the glory is
departed from Israeli "And she said,
| the glory is departed from Israel, for
the Ark of God is taken."
The ungodly behavior of Eli's sons had
caused the loss of the ark of the covenant
which had been carried into battle against
the Phiistlnes; and Shiloh from that time
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in Jewish history as a striking example
| of divine Indignation. Jeremiah refers
to this judgment of God in chapter 7:I2,
as follows!
but go we now unto my place which
was in Shiloh, where set nv name at the
first, and see what did to it for the wick
edness of my people, israel" The outline
of that part of the country, as travellers
see it, seem to indicate very closely where
the ancient town must have stood; mod
crate hill rises from an uneven plain, sur
rounded by other higher hills, except a
narrow valley on the south, which hill
would naturally be chosen as the prin-
ciple site of the town.
The tabernacle was likely pitched on
this hill where all could see it with ease.
The ruins found there now are very
scant. They are chiefly the remains OF
a modern village, where may be seen
some large stones and fragments of col
umns intermixed. A short distance from
the main site is fountain of water, which
is approached through a narrow dale.
It's water is abundant, and according to
practice in the east, first flows into a
pool, or we'll, and thence into larger
reservoir from which flocks and herds
are Watered.
THE SETTING UP OF THE TABERNCLAE.
The tabernacle was the tent of jehovah
it was also called 'the sanctuary, and the