1 Samuel 1:21

1 Samuel 1:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
• New International Version (NIV)When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:21

19Early in the morning Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped in front of the Lord. Then they returned home to Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel [God Hears], because she said, “I asked the Lord for him.” To keep his vow, Elkanah and his entire household again went to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord. 22But Hannah didn’t go. She told her husband, “I’ll wait until the boy is weaned. Then I’ll bring him and present him to the Lord, and he’ll stay there permanently.” 23“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Wait until you’ve weaned him. May the Lord keep his word.” The woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:21 word by word

וַיַּ֛עַל הָאִ֥ישׁ אֶלְקָנָ֖ה וְכָל־בֵּית֑וֹ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ לַֽיהוָ֛ה אֶת־זֶ֥בַח הַיָּמִ֖ים וְאֶת־נִדְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• Elkanahאֶלְקָנָה'elqânâh · ElkanahH511
• and all his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to offerזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the yearlyיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
• sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• and his vowנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:21

• 1 Samuel 1:3Every year this man would go from his own city to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Armies at Shiloh. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served there as priests of the Lord.
• Genesis 18:19I have chosen him so that he will direct his children and his family after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. In this way I, the Lord, will do what I have promised Abraham.”
• Joshua 24:15But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Even if you choose the gods your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live, my family and I will still serve the Lord.”
• Psalms 101:2I want to understand the path to integrity. When will you come to me? I will live in my own home with integrity.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The man Elkanah and all his house - He and the whole of his family, Hannah and her child excepted, who purposed not to go up to Shiloh till her son was old enough to be employed in the Divine service. And his vow - Probably he had also made some vow to the Lord on the occasion of his wife's prayer and vow; in which, from his love to her. he could not be less interested than herself.Read the comment
• 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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. the man Elkanah ... went up to offer ... his vow--The solemn expression of his concurrence in Hannah's vow was necessary to make it obligatory. (See on Nu 30:3).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:21

• Elkanah
• Hannah
• Shiloh
• Vows

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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