Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

New Living Translation

1 Samuel 1:25

After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Consecration;   Eli;   Hannah;   Samuel;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Eli;   Samuel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peninnah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   High Priest;   Samuel, Books of;   Shiloh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Child;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.
Hebrew Names Version
They killed the bull, and brought the child to `Eli.
King James Version
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
Lexham English Bible
They slaughtered the bull, and they brought the boy to Eli.
English Standard Version
Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
New Century Version
After they had killed the bull for the sacrifice, Hannah brought Samuel to Eli.
New English Translation
Once the bull had been slaughtered, they brought the boy to Eli.
Amplified Bible
Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
New American Standard Bible
Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they slewe a bullocke, and brought the childe to Eli.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the young boy to Eli.
Complete Jewish Bible
After the bull had been slaughtered, the child was brought to ‘Eli;
Darby Translation
And they slaughtered the bullock, and brought the boy to Eli.
Easy-to-Read Version
They went before the Lord. Elkanah killed the bull as a sacrifice to the Lord as he usually did. Then Hannah gave the boy to Eli.
George Lamsa Translation
And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
Good News Translation
After they had killed the bull, they took the child to Eli.
Literal Translation
And they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they slewe a bullocke, and broughte the childe vnto Eli.
American Standard Version
And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
Bible in Basic English
And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they slue a bulloke, and brought in the lad to Eli.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the bullock was slain, the child was brought to Eli.
King James Version (1611)
And they slew a bullocke, and brought the childe to Eli.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.
English Revised Version
And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
Berean Standard Bible
And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei sacrifieden a calf, and thei offriden the child to Hely.
Young's Literal Translation
And they slaughter the bullock, and bring in the youth unto Eli,
Update Bible Version
And they slew the bull, and brought the lad to Eli.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
World English Bible
They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
New King James Version
Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli.
New Life Bible
She brought a three year old bull, one basket of flour and a jar of wine also. Then they killed the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.
New Revised Standard
Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they slew the bullock, - and took the boy in, unto Eli.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they immolated a calf, and offered the child to Heli.
Revised Standard Version
Then they slew the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
THE MESSAGE
They first butchered the bull, then brought the child to Eli. Hannah said, "Excuse me, sir. Would you believe that I'm the very woman who was standing before you at this very spot, praying to God ? I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for. And now I have dedicated him to God . He's dedicated to God for life." Then and there, they worshiped God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli.

Contextual Overview

19 The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea, 20 and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, "I asked the Lord for him." 21 The next year Elkanah and his family went on their annual trip to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, "Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the Lord permanently." 23 "Whatever you think is best," Elkanah agreed. "Stay here for now, and may the Lord help you keep your promise." So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned. 24 When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull for the sacrifice and a basket of flour and some wine. 25 After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. 26 "Sir, do you remember me?" Hannah asked. "I am the very woman who stood here several years ago praying to the Lord . 27 I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request. 28 Now I am giving him to the Lord , and he will belong to the Lord his whole life." And they worshiped the Lord there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brought: Luke 2:22, Luke 18:15, Luke 18:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:24 - three bullocks

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God called the space "sky." And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:19
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind."
Job 26:13
His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.
Jeremiah 27:5
With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they slew a bullock,.... One of the three Hannah brought, unless the singular is put for the plural, and so all three were slain, some for sacrifice, and some for food perhaps; or if only one was slain, it might be offered as a sacrifice previous to the presentation of Samuel; or else was made a present of to Eli, at the introduction of Samuel to him, as follows:

and brought the child to Eli: to be under his care, to he instructed and trained up by him in the service of the tabernacle; from hence it appears that Elkanah the husband of Hannah came along with her at this time.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile