This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
"First, we are told twice that ’The Lord had closed her womb’ (1 Samuel 1:5-6). . . . Second, while it is Yahweh who has created Hannah’s problem, Hannah’s response is not against Yahweh, but against Peninnah (1 Samuel 1:6-7). . . .