1 Samuel 1:3
in 1 Samuel 1Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
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.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
It is likely that during the unsettled times of the Judges Jdg 21:25 the attendance of Israelites at the three Festivals Exo 34:23; Deu 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 Old Testament, occurs here for the first time.
This site's exposition
sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts
The title the Lord of hosts enters Scripture for the first time in this verse, at Shiloh, in a family bringing its yearly sacrifice rather than at any council of war; 17:45 will later give the name its battle sense, the God of the armies of Israel. Hophni and Phinehas are named here as the priests of the Lord, and the reader who has not yet reached chapter two already meets the men whose corruption will empty this same sanctuary. Shiloh stands at its height in this verse, and the book never lets it stand so high again.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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 character of the two priests who administered them was notoriously bad.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָלָה֩ | vealah | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| הָאִ֨ישׁ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַה֤וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ | meiro | from city his | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ | miyamim | from days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יָמִ֔ימָה | yamimah | days towards | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧ת | lehishtachavot | to bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| וְלִזְבֹּ֛חַ | velizboach | and to sacrifice | H2076 → | 134 times |
| לַיהוָ֥ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֖וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| בְּשִׁלֹ֑ה | beshiloh | at Shiloh | H7887 → | 32 times |
| וְשָׁ֞ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| שְׁנֵ֣י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵלִ֗י | ʾeli | Eli | H5941 → | 33 times |
| חָפְנִי֙ | chafeni | Hophni | H2652 → | 5 times |
| וּפִ֣נְחָ֔ס | ufinchas | and Phinehas | H6372 → | 25 times |
| כֹּהֲנִ֖ים | kohanim | [were] priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | of Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְעָלָה֩and he went up
vealahH5927 →890 times
הָאִ֨ישׁthe man
haishH376 →1663 times
הַה֤וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
מֵֽעִירוֹ֙from city his
meiroH5892 →1090 times
מִיָּמִ֣ים׀from days
miyamimH3117 →2304 times
יָמִ֔ימָהdays towards
yamimahH3117 →2304 times
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תto bow down
lehishtachavotH7812 →172 times
וְלִזְבֹּ֛חַand to sacrifice
velizboachH2076 →134 times
לַיהוָ֥הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
בְּשִׁלֹ֑הat Shiloh
beshilohH7887 →32 times
וְשָׁ֞םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
שְׁנֵ֣י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
עֵלִ֗יEli
ʾeliH5941 →33 times
חָפְנִי֙Hophni
chafeniH2652 →5 times
וּפִ֣נְחָ֔סand Phinehas
ufinchasH6372 →25 times
כֹּהֲנִ֖ים[were] priests
kohanimH3548 →750 times
לַיהוָֽה׃of Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 34:23Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 23:14
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Exodus 23:17
Through
Joshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
it leads to
- Joshua 19:51
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
- Joshua 21:2
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- Joshua 22:9
So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to…
- Jeremiah 26:6
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
- Joshua 19:51
Through
Luke 2:41Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
it leads to
- Leviticus 23:5
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 23:5
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The First Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).
