1 Samuel 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He had two wives; as divers other good men had in those ages. And it is probable that he took a second wife, to wit, Peninnah, because Hannah, who being first named seems to have been his first wife, was barren.

1 Samuel 1:2

2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.