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Is recorded in 1 Samuel 1-2, Key verses are listed.
One of the wives of Elkanah and she was childless.
1 Samuel 1:2 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.
1 Samuel 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:8-9 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

She goes to the Temple to entreat he Lord God.
1 Samuel 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1 Samuel 1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

The Lord God answered her prayers.
1 Samuel 1:19-20 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. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
1 Samuel 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

After she gives Samuel to serve in the Temple The Lord God blesses her:
1 Samuel 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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2 Samuel 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
1 Kings 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Kings 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1 Kings 2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
1 Chronicles 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:

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Sarai’s (Sarah) Handmaid, the Egyptian. Her story is in Genesis 16:1-25.

Genesis 21 adds to the story. Key verses:
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Genesis 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites/Arabians.

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The most beautiful woman in the world.
The mother of all mankind.
Read about her in Genesis 3,4. She is mentioned by name 4 times in Scripture:

Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 4:1-2 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
After Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4:3-8) Eve brought forth a third son, Seth (Genesis 4:25). These are the only children named, but how many children did Adam and Eve have?
Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

The Apostle Paul reminds believers that Eve was beguiled (charmed, enchanted, in a deceptive way) by the serpent and warns us to beware.
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Although he does not spell it out, Eve was tricked into sin, Adam CHOSE to follow her, therefore SIN entered into the world by one MAN. (Romans 5:12)
He then puts things in there order.
1 Timothy 2:13-14 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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The book of Esther is about an orphaned Jewish girl who became Queen and saved the Jewish Nation from destruction. She was married to King Ahasuerus, who ruled “from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces” – that is, over the Achaemenid Empire.
Esther was born with Hebrew name Hadassah (“Myrtle”).
Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity.
Raised by her Uncle Mordecai. Esther 2:7-8
But based on Middle Eastern practices, Esther was a probably a teenager when she married Ahasuerus (which would make sense of why she submits to Mordecai in 2:10 and 2:20). So if she was 15, then she had to deal with Haman’s plot when she was about 20.
A Jew, she was warned by her Uncle not to reveal the fact. Esther 2:10-11

Esther 2:15-17 Esther becomes a favorite of King Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:20-22 She keeps her Jewish secret.
Esther 4:5 The message to Mordecai
Esther 4:8-10 She discovers Haman’s plot to destroy all Jews.
Esther 4:13-17 It’s time to speak up to save the Jews.
Esther 5:1-7 Obeying her Uncle, Mordecai She goes before the King.
Esther 5:12 Haman believes his plan is working.
Esther 6:14 At the banquet she had planned.
Esther 7:1-8 Haman plans up in smoke.
Esther 8:1-4 Mordecai is recognized.
Esther 8:7 Haman’s reward.
Esther 9:12-13,25 Haman’s sons get theirs.
Esther 9:29-32 Days of PURIM established.

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The daughter of LEAH and Jacob. Read her story in Genesis 34.

Genesis 30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

Genesis 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Genesis 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Genesis 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

Genesis 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

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Delilah is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin meaning “delicate”.
Her story is recorded in Judges 16.

Judges 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
Judges 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Judges 16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

Judges 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Judges 16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

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There are two Deborah’s named in scripture.
The first one in Genesis 35:8 But Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: …

The second one is in Judges 4-5 The fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible, and the wife of Lapidoth.

Judges 4:4-5 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Judges 4:9-10 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges 4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Judges 5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Judges 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Judges 5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

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Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. She later became one of the wives of King David and the mother of King Solomon.

Her story is in 2 Samuel 11, 12:24

A WIFE OF King David and mother of Solomon.
David and Bathsheba had four sons, Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon.
More of the story is in 1 Kings 1-2

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Mother of King Ahaziah 2 Kings 8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
Was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later queen regnant.

Her story is in 2 Kings 11:1, 20 also 1 Chronicles 8:26, 2 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 23:10-13, 2 Chronicles 23:21, Ezra 8:7.

And the text that defines her: 2 Chronicles 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

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