Now there was a certain man of Ramatayim-Tzofim, of the hill country of Efrayim, and his name was Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Tzuf, an Efratite:
1 Samuel 2:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Elkana went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to the LORD before `Eli the Kohen. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Elkanah and his wife Hannah returned to Ramah to his house. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. American Standard Version (1901) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest. Common English Bible Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the LORD under Eli the priest. Catholic Public Domain Version And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest. |
Now there was a certain man of Ramatayim-Tzofim, of the hill country of Efrayim, and his name was Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Tzuf, an Efratite:
They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkana knew Channah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
therefore also I have granted him to the LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to the LORD. He worshiped the LORD there.
But Shemu'el ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen efod.
The child Shemu'el ministered to the LORD before `Eli. The word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
Shemu'el lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. Shemu'el feared to show `Eli the vision.
His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Yisra'el: and he built there an altar to the LORD.