1 Samuel 1:3

¹ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

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.

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

⁴ And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

⁵ But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
WEB: This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
ASV: And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
DARBY: And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Jehovah, were there.
BLB: And that man went up from his city from days to days to bow and sacrifice to YHWH of Hosts in Shiloh. And [were] there the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of YHWH.

ÅB: Denne mann dro år etter år opp fra sin by for å tilbe og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes[^2] Gud, i Silo; der var Elis to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, prester for Herren.
OTB: Hvert år dro denne mannen opp fra sin by for å tilbe og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Sjilo, hvor Elis to sønner — Hofni og Pinehas — tjente som prester for Herren.
B1930: Denne mann drog år efter år op fra sin by for å tilbede og ofre til Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Silo; der var Elis to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, prester for Herren. / < NEH 9, 6.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Luke 2:41
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
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Deuteronomy 12:5–7
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
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Joshua 18:1
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
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Exodus 34:23
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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Exodus 23:14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
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1 Samuel 1:21
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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1 Samuel 1:9
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.
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Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
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