Person

Peninnah

Gender:: Female
Verse mentions:: 2

Peninnah was Elkanah's second wife and the rival of Hannah, the mother of Samuel. Because Hannah was childless while Peninnah had children, Peninnah taunted her, provoking the grief that led Hannah to pray for a son at the tabernacle in Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:1-8).

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Elkanah

Appears in 2

Reference	Verse
1 Samuel 1:2	And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
1 Samuel 1:4	And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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