This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Days, the three great festivals. His family accompanied him, though the law only lays an express injunction upon the males to attend. We find, however, that females did not neglect to come. Calmet.—Hosts. Hebrew (Tsebaoth) of “armies,” both of angels and of Israel. God is attended by myriads of angels, and decides the fate of armies. Bible.—This title has not appeared in the former books. The pagans took occasion from it to form their Jupiter Sabazius. Calmet.—Elcana might go up from the height of Ramatha to Silo, which was the highest mountain round Jerusalem of all in the holy land. Adrichom. Tirinus.
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).