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Don`t count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
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A 'Daughter of Belial'
When Eli accused Hannah of being a 'daughter of Belial,' it was a severe charge. Commentator John Gill explains this term meant a lawless, impudent, and abandoned person. The accusation was particularly harsh because drunkenness in a woman was considered a profound sin, highlighting the depth of Eli's misjudgment and Hannah's distress.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial A yokeless, a lawless, impudent, and abandoned creature; one of the…
Presbyterian
Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God allows us, in prayer, not only to ask …