85 — Person: Hannah

Number: 85

Person: Hannah

Action: Praying at Shiloh (weeping, vowing to give Samuel to the LORD)

Object: Temple / vow

Scripture connection: 1 Samuel 1:9–11 — After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. … She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. And she vowed a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if you will … give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life."

Memory hook: 85 = Chet-Hey = fence + behold; 1 Sam 1. Hannah at Shiloh — the number 85 is the woman who prayed and gave her son to the LORD.

Why this number? 85 = Chet-Hey = fence + behold; 1 Sam 1. Hannah prayed at Shiloh; the number 85 ties her to the Hebrew letters and the vow.