Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
Parallel translations
- WEB The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
- KJV And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
- NKJV Now the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
- NASB Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
- NLT The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow.
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Quick answer
Elkanah went up with his household to offer the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. His ongoing faithfulness frames the family's worship.
Overview
Elkanah continues his steady devotion at Shiloh, fulfilling both the annual sacrifice and a vow. His faithfulness provides the godly home in which Samuel's early dedication unfolds. The verse also sets up Hannah's decision to delay her own journey until the child is weaned.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 1:3Year 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.
- Deut 12:11then 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.
- Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Ps 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Gen 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
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