1 Samuel 1 · Verse 3

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.
1 Samuel 1:3, King James Version

1 Samuel 1:3 in other translations

BSBYear 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.
WEBThis man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Jehovah, were there.
BBENow this man went up from his town every year to give worship and to make offerings to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
WebsterAnd this man went up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

What does 1 Samuel 1:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. this man went up out of his city yearly to worship in Shiloh--In that place was the "earth's one sanctuary," and thither he repaired at the three solemn feasts, accompanied by his family at one of them--probably the passover. Although a Levite, he could not personally offer a sacrifice--that was exclusively the office of the priests; and his piety in maintaining a regular attendance on the divine ordinances is the more worthy of notice because the character of the two priests who administered them was notoriously bad. But doubtless he believed, and acted on the belief, that the ordinances were "effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in those who administered them, but from the grace of God being communicated through them."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Went up out of his city yearly to worship - As the ark was at Shiloh, there was the temple of God, and thither all the males were bound by the law to go once a year, on each of the great national festivals: viz., the passover, pentecost, and feast of tabernacles. The Lord of hosts - יהוה צבאות Yehovah tsebaoth, Jehovah of armies. As all the heavenly bodies were called the hosts of heaven, צבא השמים tseba hashshamayim, Jehovah being called Lord of this host showed that he was their Maker and Governor; and consequently He, not they, was the proper object of religious worship. The sun, moon, planets, and stars, were the highest objects of religious worship to the heathens in general. The Jewish religion, teaching the knowledge of a Being who was the Lord of all these, showed at once its superiority to all that heathenism could boast. This is the first place where Lord of hosts is mentioned in the Bible; and this is so much in the style of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc., that it gives some weight to the supposition that this book was written by a person who lived in or after the times of these prophets. See the preface.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:1-8

Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divisions put a stop to the devotions. To abate our just love to any relation for the sake of any infirmity which they cannot help, and which is their affliction, is to make God's providence quarrel with his precept, and very…

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1 Samuel 1:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָלָה֩ve.'a.Lahand he went upH5927
הָאִ֨ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
הַה֤וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
מֵֽעִירוֹ֙me.'i.Rofrom city hisH5892
מִיָּמִ֣ים\׀mi.ya.Mimfrom daysH3117
יָמִ֔ימָהya.Mi.mahdays towardsH3117
לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֧תle.hish.ta.cha.Votto bow downH7812
וְלִזְבֹּ֛חַve.liz.Bo.achand to sacrificeH2076
לַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
בְּשִׁלֹ֑הbe.shi.Lohat ShilohH7887
וְשָׁ֞םve.Shamand thereH8033
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
עֵלִ֗י'e.LiEliH5941
חָפְנִי֙cha.fe.NiHophniH2652
וּפִ֣נְחָ֔סu.Fin.Chasand PhinehasH6372
כֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.Nim[were] priestsH3548
לַיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 1:3

  • Luke 2:41

    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5-7

    But 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: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Joshua 18:1

    And 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.

  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  • Exodus 23:14

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

  • 1 Samuel 1:21

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

  • 1 Samuel 1:9

    So 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.

  • Deuteronomy 16:16

    Three 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 18:31

    And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

  • Psalms 78:60

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

  • 1 Samuel 2:34

    And 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.

  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
yearly. Heb. from year to year.
Ex 23:14,17; 34:23; De 16:16; Lu 2:41
to worship.
De 12:5-7,11-14
Shiloh.
9; Jos 18:1; Jud 18:31; Ps 78:60; Jer 7:12-14
And the.
9; 2:12-17,34; 3:13; 4:4,11,17,18

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 1:2

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 1:4

    And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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1 Samuel 1:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y subía aquel varón todos los años de su ciudad, á adorar y sacrificar á Jehová de los ejércitos en Silo, donde estaban dos hijos de Eli, Ophni y Phinees, sacerdotes de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et cet homme montait chaque année de sa ville pour adorer l’ Éternel des armées et lui sacrifier à Silo; et là étaient les deux fils d’Éli, Hophni et Phinées, sacrificateurs de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dieser Mann ging von Jahr zu Jahr aus seiner Stadt hinauf, um Jehova der Heerscharen anzubeten und ihm zu opfern zu Silo; und daselbst waren die beiden Söhne Elis, Hophni und Pinehas, Priester Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ascendebat vir ille de civitate sua statutis diebus, ut adoraret et sacrificaret Domino exercituum in Silo. Erant autem ibi duo filii Heli, Ophni et Phinees, sacerdotes Domini.