1. 1 Samuel 1:28 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Who worshipped the LORD at Shiloh?

1 Samuel 1:28 (ESV)

28 Therefore I have lent him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he is lent to the LORD.” And he worshiped the LORD there.

Though only one person (he) is mentioned, the context suggests that a plural is in view and thus it was Hannah, Elkanah, and Samuel who worshipped the Lord. The Hebrew text contains a variant word from which suggests that it was originally a plural and not a singular.1

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