KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And that man hath gone up out of his city from time to time, to bow himself, and to sacrifice, before Jehovah of Hosts, in Shiloh, and there are two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 1
1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
2 And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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.
4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
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וְעָלָה֩H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהָאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanהַה֤וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itמֵֽעִירוֹ֙H5892 · irexcitementמִיָּמִ֣ים׀H3117 · yomdayיָמִ֔ימָהH3117 · yomdayלְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תH7812 · sha.chahto bowוְלִזְבֹּ֛חַH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeלַיהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֖וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyבְּשִׁלֹ֑הH7887 · shi.lohShilohוְשָׁ֞םH8033 · shamthereשְׁנֵ֣יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childעֵלִ֗יH5941 · e.liEliחָפְנִי֙H2652 · choph.niHophniוּפִ֣נְחָ֔סH6372 · pin.chasPhinehasכֹּהֲנִ֖יםH3548 · ko.henpriestלַיהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Luke 2:41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Deuteronomy 12:5-7But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:Exodus 23:14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.Exodus 34:23Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.1 Samuel 1:21And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:Judges 18:31And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.Jeremiah 7:12-14But go ye now unto my place which [was] in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.Exodus 23:17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.1 Samuel 2:34And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.Deuteronomy 12:11-14Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:1 Samuel 4:17-18And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.Psalm 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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