| I Samuel 1:9
| So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo: *And Heli, the priest, sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the Lord;
| Year of the World 2848, Year before Christ 1156. Silo; either in some private house, or in the porch before the tabernacle. She complied with the entreaty of her husband. (Menochius) --- Stool. Hebrew, "Heli was sitting upon a throne, near the steps, leading to the palace of the Lord." It is also called the temple, or the house of God, though it was only a tent, Matthew 12:4., etc. Perhaps women were not allowed to go beyond the porch.
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