American Standard Version
"And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest. "
— 1 Samuel 2:11, American Standard Version
“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.”
“Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.”
“Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. Eli’s Sons Misuse Their Sacred OfficeThe boy was serving the LORD with the favor of Eli the priest.”
“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.”
“Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.”
“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.”
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.
He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.