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1 Samuel 1:9

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

KJV

Surrexit autem Anna postquam comederat et biberat in Silo. Et Heli sacerdote sedente super sellam ante postes templi Domini,

Vulgate

Καὶ ἀνέστη μετὰ τὸ φαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐν Σηλώ, καὶ κατέστη ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· καὶ Ἠλεὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἐπὶ τῶν φλιῶν ναοῦ Κυρίου.

LXX

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah.

ASV

וַ/תָּ֣קָם חַנָּ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֛י אָכְלָ֥ה בְ/שִׁלֹ֖ה וְ/אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁתֹ֑ה וְ/עֵלִ֣י הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל הַ/כִּסֵּ֔א עַל מְזוּזַ֖ת הֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
חַנָּ֔ה
chnh
proper_noun · 13×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מְזוּזַ֣ת
mzvzt
noun · 19×
עֵלִ֖י
'ly
proper_noun · 33×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
שִׁלֹֽה
shlh
proper_noun · 32×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2578The prayer of the People of God flourishes in the shadow of God's dwelling place, first the ark of the covenant and later the Temple. At first the leaders of the people - the shepherds and the prophets - teach them to pray. the infant Samuel must have learned from his mother Hannah how "to stand before the LORD" and from the priest Eli how to listen to his word: "Speak, LORD, f…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 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.
  • 1Sam 3:3 — And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
  • 1Sam 4:13 — And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
  • 2Sam 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
  • Ps 5:7 — But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.