1 Samuel 2:11

Modern

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

Traditional

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

Literal

And Elkanah went to Ramath to his house, and the boy had been ministering to YHWH before Eli the priest.

Latin

Et abiit Elcana Ramatha, in domum suam: puer autem erat minister in conspectu Domini ante faciem Heli sacerdotis.

Hebrew

English

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 3:1
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
1 Samuel 2:18
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 1:28
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
1 Samuel 3:15
Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
1 Samuel 1:19
The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

Eli: High priest and judge of Israel at Shiloh Elkanah: The father of the prophet Samuel

Mizpah: A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment