Bible Strands
1 Samuel 2:19
Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Hannah’s recurring action toward her son Samuel during the family’s yearly journey to Shiloh to worship (1 Samuel 2:19).
The words — מְעִיל (me'Il) = robe; קָטֹן (qaton) = small or little.
The thread — This annual provision aligns with the established pilgrimage pattern of Elkanah’s household (1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 1:21) and reflects the broader Mosaic command for three yearly feasts (Exodus 23:14).
Why it lands — The text records a practical, unembellished detail of maternal care without framing the visit as a dedication ceremony, requiring the reader to observe how routine obedience sustains a life already set apart for service.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 1:3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
- Exodus 23:14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.