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1 Samuel 1:21

And the man Elkana and all his house, went vp to offer vnto the Lorde the yerely sacrifice, and also his vowe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elkanah;   Hannah;   Shiloh;   Vows;   Thompson Chain Reference - Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peninnah;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elkanah ;   Hannah ;   Shiloh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Smith Bible Dictionary - El'kanah,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Vow;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and his vow offering to the Lord,
Hebrew Names Version
The man Elkana, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
King James Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Lexham English Bible
So the man Elkanah went up with all his household to make the annual sacrifice to Yahweh and to pay his vow.
English Standard Version
The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
New Century Version
Every year Elkanah went with his whole family to Shiloh to offer sacrifices and to keep the promise he had made to God.
New English Translation
This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,
Amplified Bible
Then the man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.
New American Standard Bible
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the man Elkanah and all his house went vp to offer vnto the Lord the yeerely sacrifice, and his vowe:
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.
Contemporary English Version
The next time Elkanah and his family went to offer their yearly sacrifice, he took along a gift that he had promised to give to the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
The husband, Elkanah, went up with all his household to offer the yearly sacrifice to Adonai and fulfill his vow.
Darby Translation
And Elkanah her husband, and all his house, went up to sacrifice to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elkanah went to Shiloh to offer the sacrifice for that year and the gift he had promised to the Lord . He took his family with him.
George Lamsa Translation
And the man Hilkanah and all his household went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifices of his vow.
Good News Translation
The time came again for Elkanah and his family to go to Shiloh and offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and the special sacrifice he had promised.
Literal Translation
And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to sacrifice to Jehovah a sacrifice of the days, and to vow his vow.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the man Elcana wente vp with all his houßholde to offre sacrifice and his vowe vnto the LORDE at soch tyme as ye custome was,
American Standard Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Bible in Basic English
And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
King James Version (1611)
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went vp to offer vnto the Lord the yeerely sacrifice, and his vowe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.
English Revised Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe hir hosebonde Helcana stiede, and al his hows, to offre a solempne sacrifice, and his avow to the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
And the man Elkanah goeth up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Jehovah the sacrifice of the days, and his vow.
Update Bible Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
World English Bible
The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
New King James Version
Now the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
New Living Translation
The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow.
New Life Bible
Then Elkanah went up with all those of his house to give the Lord the gift on the altar in worship as he did each year, and to pay what he had promised.
New Revised Standard
The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up, to offer unto Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and each his own vow.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elcana, her husband, went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow.
Revised Standard Version
And the man Elka'nah and all his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow.
THE MESSAGE
When Elkanah next took his family on their annual trip to Shiloh to worship God , offering sacrifices and keeping his vow, Hannah didn't go. She told her husband, "After the child is weaned, I'll bring him myself and present him before God —and that's where he'll stay, for good."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

Contextual Overview

19 And they rose vp early, & worshipped before the Lorde, and then returned, & came to their house to Ramath: And when Elkana knewe Hanna his wyfe, the Lorde remembred her. 20 For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, [saying:] Because I haue asked him of the Lorde. 21 And the man Elkana and all his house, went vp to offer vnto the Lorde the yerely sacrifice, and also his vowe. 22 Neuerthelesse, Hanna wet not vp, but sayde vnto her husband: I will tary vntill the lad be weaned, and then I will bryng hym, that he may appeare before the Lord, and there abyde for euer. 23 Elkana her husband aunswered her: Do what seemeth thee best, tary at home vntyll thou hast weaned him, and I beseche the Lord to make good his saying. And so the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke, vntyll she weaned hym. 24 And when she had weaned hym, she toke hym with her, with three bullockes, and an Epha of floure, and a bottle of wine, and brought hym vnto the house of the Lorde in Silo, and the child was young. 25 And they slue a bulloke, and brought in the lad to Eli. 26 And she sayd: Oh my Lorde, as thy soule lyueth my Lorde, I am the woman that stoode before thee here praying vnto the Lorde. 27 For this lad I prayed, and the Lorde hath geuen me my desyre whiche I asked of him: 28 And therfore I haue geuen him vnto the Lord, as long as he liueth he shalbe geuen to the Lorde. And he worshipped the Lorde there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:3, Genesis 18:19, Joshua 24:15, Psalms 101:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:26 - thy vows 1 Samuel 2:19 - from year to year Luke 2:41 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 1:18
And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:24
And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.
Genesis 1:25
God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.
Genesis 1:26
God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.
Genesis 1:31
And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.
Genesis 6:20
Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe [them] alyue.
Genesis 7:14
They, and euery beast after his kinde, and al the cattel after their kinde, yea, and euery worme that creepeth vpon the grounde after his kinde, and euerye byrde after his kinde, and euery fleeyng and fethered foule.
Genesis 8:17
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
Genesis 8:19
Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.
Genesis 9:7
But be fruitefull, and multiplie you, breede in the earth, and increase therein.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the man Elkanah, and all his house,.... All his family, excepting Hannah, and her son Samuel; or all the men of his house, as the Targum; for only the males were obliged to appear at the three festivals:

went up to Shiloh; to the house of God there:

to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice; either the passover, to which men commonly went up with their families: see Luke 2:41, or rather it may be what was offered at the feast of tabernacles, as Abarbinel thinks, the time of the ingathering the fruits of the earth, when men went up with their families to offer sacrifice, and express their joy on that account, Deuteronomy 16:10

and his vow: which he had made between feast and feast; for whatever vows men made at home, on any account, they paid them at the yearly festivals; and this vow might be on the account of the birth of his son, by way of thanksgiving for that.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 1:21. The 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.


 
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