Q1: For one's "horn [to be] lifted high" (1 Sam. 2:1) is an idiom that occurs several times in the Bible, and it may mean that one's strength is displayed or increased in or by the LORD. Another possible understanding is that one's honor or prestige is increased. How are either of these true for Hannah?
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Hannah's strength as a bearer of children was certainly uplifted. In a similar way, her honor or prestige in the family was also uplifted, as she no longer had to bear the jibes from Peninnah. Her more general enemy is failure. The LORD has saved her from childlessness.
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