Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 1:7

7 And as he did so year by year , when she went up to the house of the LORD , so she provoked her: therefore she wept, and did not eat ▪

i. e. Either as o[illegible: 1+ letters] as he went and carried them with him to Worship: or as Elkanah expressed peculiar kindness to Hannah, as was said, v. 5.

i. e. Every year, at the days or times mentioned, v. 3.

This Circumstance is Noted, First, As the occasion of the Contention, because at such times they were forced to more Society with one another, by the Way, and in their Lodgings; whereas at Home they had distinct Appartments, where they might be asunder; and then her Husbands extraordinary Love and Kindness was shewed to Hannah, whereby Peninnah was the more exasperated; then also Hannah Prayed earnestly for a Child, which hitherto she had done in vain; and this possibly she reproached her with. Secondly, As the aggravation of her Sin, that when she came to Worship God, and to offer Sacrifices, when she should have been reconciled even to her Enemies, Matth. 5. 23, 24. she did quarrel with so near a Relation.

Either little, or rather nothing at all, as being overwhelmed with Grief, and therefore unfit to Eat of that Sacred Food, according to Deut. 12. 7.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] time that [illegible: 1 word] &c. Heb. from her going [illegible: 1 word]