1 Samuel 1:21

Modern

Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Ascendit autem vir ejus Elcana, et omnis domus ejus, ut immolaret Domino hostiam solemnem, et votum suum.

Hebrew

English

Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 1:3
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.
Deuteronomy 12:11
…then 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.
Joshua 24:15
But 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!”
Genesis 18:19
For 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.”
Psalm 101:2
I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

Elkanah: The father of the prophet Samuel