Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
- BSB Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
- NKJV Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
- NASB Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy continued to attend to the service of the Lord before Eli the priest.
- NLT Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the Lord by assisting Eli the priest.
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Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 2:18But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
- 1 Sam 3:1The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was precious in those days. There visions were not frequent.
- 1 Sam 1:28Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.
- 1 Sam 3:15Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
- 1 Sam 1:19They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
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