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1 Samuel 1:21

Elkanah

19 The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

20 So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

22 but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

23 “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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BSB
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
KJV
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
WEB
The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
ASV
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
DARBY
And Elkanah her husband, and all his house, went up to sacrifice to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
BLB
And the man Elkanah went up, and all his house, to offer to YHWH the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
ÅB
Da så mannen - Elkana - dro opp igjen med hele sitt hus for å ofre til Herren det årlige offer og sitt løfteoffer,
OTB
Da Elkana dro opp med hele sitt hus for å ofre det årlige offeret til Herren og for å oppfylle sitt løfte,
B1930
Da så mannen - Elkana - drog op igjen med hele sitt hus for å ofre til Herren det årlige offer og sitt løfteoffer,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 1:3

    Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:11

    then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

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  • Joshua 24:15

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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  • Psalms 101:2

    I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

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  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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