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 unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Yhwh establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him unto the house of Yhwh in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Yhwh. 27For this child I prayed; And Yhwh hath given 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

• And they slewשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• a bullockפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
• and broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• to Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:25

• Luke 2:22And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
• Luke 18:15And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they 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