1 Samuel 1:21

1 Samuel 1:21 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:21

19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever. 23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:21 word by word

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

• 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 1:3And 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.
• Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
• Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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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• Bitterness
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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