1 Samuel 1:1-3 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu...

Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh

1 Samuel 1:4-8 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions...

He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah

1 Samuel 1:9-11 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk...

Hannah in grief prays for a child

1 Samuel 1:12-18 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth...

Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her

1 Samuel 1:19-23 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah...

Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned

1 Samuel 1:24-28 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine...

She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord

Ramathaim-zophim This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about none miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated. It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.

1 Samuel 1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah...

Matthew 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

Arimathea
mount

Judges 17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Judges 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel...

Elkanah

1 Chronicles 6:25-27,34 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth...

Zuph

1 Samuel 9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return...

Ephrathite

1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons...

Judges 12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said...

Ruth 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion...

1 Kings 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman...