1 Samuel 1:25

1 Samuel 1:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
• New International Version (NIV)When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:25

23And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what is good in thy sight: abide until thou hast weaned him; only, may Jehovah fulfil his word. And the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24And she took him up with her when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a flask of wine, and brought him to the house of Jehovah to Shiloh; and the boy was young. And they slaughtered the bullock, and brought the boy to Eli. 26And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here to pray to Jehovah. 27For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:25 word by word

וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ אֶת־הַפָּ֑ר וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ אֶת־הַנַּ֖עַר אֶל־עֵלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• slaughteredשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:25

• Luke 2:22And when the days were fulfilled for their purifying according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present [him] to the Lord
• Luke 18:15And they brought to him also infants that he might touch them, but the disciples when they saw [it] rebuked them.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a journey. When men are in such haste to set out upon journeys, or to engage in business, that they have not time to worship God, they are likely to proceed without his presence and blessing. Hannah, though she felt a warm regard for the courts of God's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:25

• Children
• Consecration
• Eli
• Hannah
• Samuel
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Hannah
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Judges, Period of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings