The Bible Story - Volume V - Basil Wolverton - 1966

Basil Wolverton

GOD RULES HIS MINISTRY, HANNAH, wife of Elkanah the Levite, was at the tabernacle praying when she was startled by the harsh voice of Eli, the high priest. He accused her of being drunk. (I Samuel 1:12-14.) Prayer was so rare in Israel that Eli did not realize Hannah was praying. Having become lost to her surroundings because of her fervent request to God for a son, Hannah opened her eyes and looked up to see the priest frowning down on her. "I assure you, sir," Hannah said respectfully, "that I am not in a drunken condition." A Change of Attitude. "But you have been acting very strangely," Eli told her. "There are certain young women who stay around the tabernacle for wrong purposes. If you are one of them, I prefer that you leave." "I am not one of them," Hannah explained. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library