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

1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto Yhwh of Armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Yhwh, were there. 4And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: But Yhwh had shut up her womb.

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

• 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 Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of Armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' 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 23:14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
• Exodus 34:23Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord Yhwh, the God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Yhwh thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before Yhwh empty:
• Luke 2:41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
• Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which Yhwh your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
• 1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of Yhwh.
• Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
• Psalms 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
• Jeremiah 7:12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Yhwh.
• 1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
• 1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of Yhwh of Armies, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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