1 Samuel 2:19

Every year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

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In The King James Version

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

In Context

18But Samuel served before the Lord—a boy dressed as a priest, wearing a linen ephod.

20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to replace the one she prayed for and dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would return home.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:14Three times every year you are to celebrate a feast dedicated to me.

1 Samuel 1:21Elkanah and all his family went to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →

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