1 Samuel 1:3

1 Samuel 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:3

1There was a man named Elkanah from Ramathaim Zophim in the mountains of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, grandson of Elihu, great-grandson of Tohu, whose father was Zuph from the tribe of Ephraim. 2Elkanah had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. Every 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. 4Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he would give portions of it to his wife Peninnah and all her sons and daughters. 5He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children.

1 Samuel 1:3 word by word

וְעָלָה֩ הָאִ֨ישׁ הַה֤וּא מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ יָמִ֔ימָה לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧ת וְלִזְבֹּ֛חַ לַיהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בְּשִׁלֹ֑ה וְשָׁ֞ם שְׁנֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עֵלִ֗י חָפְנִי֙ וּפִ֣נְחָ֔ס כֹּהֲנִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thisהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• out of his cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• yearlyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• and to sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• in Shilohשִׁלוֹshîylôh shilôh shîylô shilô · ShilohH7887
• And the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• Hophniחׇפְנִיchophnîy · HophniH2652
• and Phinehasפִּינְחָסpîynechâs · PhinehasH6372
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:3

• Exodus 23:14“Three times a year you must celebrate a pilgrimage festival in my honor.
• Exodus 34:23“Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Master, the Lord God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. But no one may come into the presence of the Lord without an offering.
• Luke 2:41Every year Jesus’ parents would go to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
• Deuteronomy 12:5The Lord your God will choose a place out of all your tribes to live and put his name. Go there and worship him.
• 1 Samuel 1:9One day, after Hannah had something to eat and drink in Shiloh, she got up. (The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the door of the Lord’s temple.)
• Joshua 18:1The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
• Psalms 78:60He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.
• Jeremiah 7:12“ ‘But go to my place that was at Shiloh, where I first made a dwelling place for my name. See what I did to Shiloh because of the evil done by my people Israel.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would hand down a permanent judgment against his household because he knew about his sons’ sin—that they were cursing God —but he didn’t try to stop them.
• 1 Samuel 4:4The troops sent some men who brought back the ark of the promise of the Lord of Armies—who is enthroned over the angels. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, came along with God’s ark.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Went up out of his city yearly to worship - As the ark was at Shiloh, there was the temple of God, and thither all the males were bound by the law to go once a year, on each of the great national festivals: viz., the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles. The Lord of hosts - צבאות יהוה Yehovah tsebaoth, Jehovah of armies. As all the heavenly bodies were called the hosts of heaven, השמים צבא tseba hashshamayim, Jehovah being called Lord of this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3It is likely that during the unsettled times of the Judges Judges 21:25 the attendance of Israelites at the three Festivals Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16 fell into desuetude or great irregularity, and this one feast (see the marginal reference), which may have coincided with the Feast of Pentecost or tabernacles, may have been substituted for them. The Lord of Hosts - This title of Yahweh which, with some variations, is found upward of 260 times in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Elkanah made this trip every year because the law required people to attend three festivals a year (Exodus 23:14–17). According to God's law, Israelites had to sacrifice at God's chosen sanctuary (Deuteronomy 12:1–28). From the time of Joshua to Samuel, God's sanctuary, the tabernacle, was in Shiloh (Joshua 18:1). Shiloh was a town in Ephraim about 13.7 kilometers (8.5 miles) north of Bethel on the way to Shechem. King David later moved the tabernacle to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. this man went up out of his city yearly to worship in Shiloh--In that place was the "earth's one sanctuary," and thither he repaired at the three solemn feasts, accompanied by his family at one of them--probably the passover. Although a Levite, he could not personally offer a sacrifice--that was exclusively the office of the priests; and his piety in maintaining a regular attendance on the divine ordinances is the more worthy of notice because the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:3

• Feasts
• Hannah
• Hophni
• Shiloh

In the dictionaries

• Phinehas
• Shiloh
• Hophni and Phinehas
• Lord of Hosts
• Bitterness
• Eli
• Hannah
• Hophni
• Sorrowful
• Temple

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