³⁷ But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”

²⁵ “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace^(A) among the people.”

⁶ Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.^(A)