As the time of the Judges were ending, a man named Elkanah (God Has Purchased) lived in the hill country of Ephraim. He had married two women: Penniah (Pearl) and Hannah (Favor). Penniah had several children while Hannah remained barren. Every year Elkanah went to the house of Adonai in Shiloh where he worshipped the Elohim of Isra’el.
"Your eyes will see Jerusalem: A tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up" (Isaiah 33:20).
