¹³ As for Hannah, ^(A)she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. ¹⁴ Then Eli said to her, “^(B)How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you.” ¹⁵ But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I am a woman ^[a]oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I ^(C)have poured out my soul before the Lord. ¹⁶ Do not ^[b]consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and ^[c]provocation.”

^9 (A)Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, ^(B)as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.”

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought and ^(C)Israel was ^[a]defeated, and ^(D)every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. ¹¹ And the ark of God was taken; and ^(E)the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

¹² Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with ^(F)his clothes torn and ^[b]dust on his head.

¹⁴ Then Samuel said to the people, “Come and let us go to ^(A)Gilgal and ^(B)renew the kingdom there.” ¹⁵ So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king ^(C)before the Lord in Gilgal. There they also ^(D)offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.