8. "Hannah, why are you crying?" her husband Elkanah would say to her. "Why won’t you eat? Why are you so sad? Aren’t I worth more to you than ten sons?"
9. One time, after eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah got up and presented herself before the Lord. (Now Eli the priest was sitting in the chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)
10. Hannah was very upset and couldn’t stop crying as she prayed to the Lord.
11. Then she made this promise: "Lord of heavenly forces, just look at your servant’s pain and remember me! Don’t forget your servant! Give her a boy! Then I’ll give him to the Lord for his entire life. No razor will ever touch his head."
12. As she kept praying before the Lord, Eli watched her mouth.
13. Now Hannah was praying in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice was silent, so Eli thought she was drunk.
14. "How long will you act like a drunk? Sober up!" Eli told her.