1 Samuel 1:4

1 Samuel 1:5 →

And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

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Interpretation

Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divisions put a stop to the devotions.

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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 1:4-8.

1 Samuel 1:4 1 Samuel 1:5 1 Samuel 1:6 1 Samuel 1:7 1 Samuel 1:8

Glossary

Elkanah Person: God-created. (1. ) The second son of Korah ( Ex. 6:24 ), or, according to 1 Chr. 6:22 , 23, more correctly his grandson.