And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
Early in the morning, they got up and worshipped before the LORD, then returned home to Ramah. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
The writer is showing that after Hannah's prayer, she and her husband went home where they were intimate, and God remembered Hannah's desperate plea for a child.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place after Hannah's earnest prayer at the tabernacle in Shiloh, where she had wept bitterly and promised to dedicate her child to God's service if He would give her a son. The phrase 'the LORD remembered her' indicates God's active response to her prayer, as 'remembering' in Hebrew means God taking action on someone's behalf, not just recalling them.
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