1 Samuel 2 · Verse 19

1 Samuel 2:19

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
1 Samuel 2:19, King James Version

1 Samuel 2:19 in other translations

BSBEach 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.
WEBMoreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
ASVMoreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
YLTand a small upper coat doth his mother make to him, and she hath brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time.
DARBYAnd his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.
BBEAnd his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband for the year's offering.
WebsterMoreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband, to offer the yearly sacrifice.

What does 1 Samuel 2:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year--Aware that he could not yet render any useful service to the tabernacle, she undertook the expense of supplying him with wearing apparel. All weaving stuffs, manufacture of cloth, and making of suits were anciently the employment of women.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Made him a little coat - מעיל קטן meil katon, a little cloak, or surtout, an upper garment: probably intended to keep him from the cold, and to save his other clothes from being abused in his meaner services. It is probable that she furnished him with a new one each year, when she came up to one of the annual sacrifices.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:11-26

Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led…

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1 Samuel 2:19 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.

וּמְעִ֤ילu.me.'Iland a robeH4598
קָטֹן֙ka.TonsmallH6996
תַּעֲשֶׂה\־ta.'a.seh-she madeH6213
לּ֣וֹlofor <the> him
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
וְהַעַלְתָ֥הve.ha.'al.Tahand she brought it upH5927
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
מִיָּמִ֣ים\׀mi.ya.Mimfrom daysH3117
יָמִ֑ימָהya.Mi.mahdays towardsH3117
בַּֽעֲלוֹתָהּ֙ba.'a.lo.Tahwhen went up sheH5927
אֶת\־'et-withH854
אִישָׁ֔הּ'i.Shahhusband herH376
לִזְבֹּ֖חַliz.Bo.achto sacrificeH2076
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
זֶ֥בַחZe.vach[the] sacrifice ofH2077
הַיָּמִֽים\׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:19

  • 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 1:21

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

  • Exodus 23:14

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a little coat.{Meil katon,} "a little cloak" or {surtout;} an upper garment: see note on Ex 28:4.
from year to year.
1:3,21; Ex 23:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 2:18

    But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  • 1 Samuel 2:19

    Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

  • 1 Samuel 2:20

    And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

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1 Samuel 2:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y hacíale su madre una túnica pequeña, y traíasela cada año, cuando subía con su marido á ofrecer el sacrificio acostumbrado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et sa mère lui faisait une petite robe et la lui apportait d’année en année quand elle montait avec son mari pour sacrifier le sacrifice annuel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und seine Mutter machte ihm ein kleines Oberkleid und brachte es ihm von Jahr zu Jahr hinauf, wenn sie mit ihrem Manne hinaufging, um das jährliche Schlachtopfer zu opfern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tunicam parvam faciebat ei mater sua, quam afferebat statutis diebus, ascendens cum viro suo, ut immolaret hostiam solemnem.