1 Samuel 1:21
New International Version
When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill 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.

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.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

King James Bible
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD 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 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.

NASB 1995
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

NASB 1977
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and pay 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.

Christian Standard Bible
When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and his vow offering to the LORD,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Elkanah and all his household went up to make the annual sacrifice and his vow offering to the LORD,

American Standard Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the man Halqanah came up and all his household to sacrifice to LORD JEHOVAH a sacrifice of the days of his vow

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elcana her husband went up, and all his house, to offer to the Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow.

English Revised Version
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To keep his vow, Elkanah and his entire household again went to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD.

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.

International Standard Version
Then Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and pay his vow.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

Literal Standard Version
And the man Elkanah goes up, and all his house, to sacrifice to YHWH the sacrifice of the days, and his vow.

Majority Standard Bible
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

New American Bible
The next time her husband Elkanah was going up with the rest of his household to offer the customary sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vows,

NET Bible
This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and to keep his vow,

New Revised Standard Version
The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow.

New Heart English Bible
The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to redeem his vow and all the tithes of his land.

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.

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.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Birth of Samuel
20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.” 21Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, 22but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:11
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:3
Year 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.

1 Samuel 2:19
Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.


Treasury of Scripture

And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

1 Samuel 1:3
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.

Genesis 18:19
For 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 24:15
And 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.

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1 Samuel 1
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord














(21) And his vow.--Elkanah too had vowed a vow unto the Lord, in case his wife Hannah should have a son. It has been remarked that vows are characteristic of that particular age of the Judges; for instance, we have detailed accounts of Samson and Jephthan's vows, the oath in the Benjamite vow, &c.

Verse 21. - Elkanah... went up. When at the return of the year Elkanah went up as usual to Shiloh, Hannah remained at home, purposing to wait there till her son was old enough to be given to the Lord. This followed soon after his weaning, which in the East is delayed much longer than with us. In 2 Macc. 7:27 we find three years mentioned as the usual period of lactation, but the chief Jewish authorities make the time one year shorter. At three years old a child in the East would cease to be troublesome; but besides this, there was an order of women attached to the sanctuary (see on 1 Samuel 2:22), and probably regulations for the training of children devoted to the temple service. The yearly sacrifice, lit. "sacrifice of days," would include among its duties the carrying to Shiloh of the tithes which were to be consumed before the Lord (Deuteronomy 12:17, 18), and the payment of those portions of the produce which belonged to Jehovah and the priests, and had become due during the year. His vow shows that Elkanah had ratified Hannah's words, by adding thereto a thank-offering from himself. At Shiloh Samuel was to abide forever; his dedication was to be for his whole life. And when Elkanah prays, Only the Lord establish his word, it is evident that he and Hannah expected that a child born under such special circumstances would, like so many children of mothers long barren, be intended for some extraordinary work. The word of Jehovah referred to is that spoken by Eli in ver. 17, which contained not merely the assurance of the birth of a son, but a general confirmation and approval of all that Hannah had prayed for. In ver. 24 the Septuagint reads, "a bullock of three years old," probably on account of the one bullock mentioned in ver. 25; but as three-tenths of an ephah of flour formed the appointed meat offering for one bullock (Numbers 15:8-10), the mention of a whole ephah confirms the reading three bullocks. Probably the one bullock in ver. 25 was the special burnt offering accompanying the solemn dedication of Samuel to Jehovah's service, while the other two were for Elkanah's usual yearly sacrifice, and the thank offering which he had vowed. At the end of the verse the Hebrews reads, "And the child was a child," the word in both places being na'ar, which may mean anything up to fifteen years of age. The child really was about three years old, and the Sept. is probably right in reading, "And the child was with them." Both the Vulgate, however, and the Syriac agree with the Hebrew.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Elkanah
אֶלְקָנָ֖ה (’el·qā·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 511: Elkanah -- 'God has created', the name of several Israelites

and all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his house
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

went up
וַיַּ֛עַל (way·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to make
לִזְבֹּ֧חַ (liz·bō·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

the annual
הַיָּמִ֖ים (hay·yā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

sacrifice
זֶ֥בַח (ze·ḇaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

to the LORD
לַֽיהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and [to fulfill]
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

his vow,
נִדְרֽוֹ׃ (niḏ·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5088: A promise, a thing promised


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