1 Samuel 1:24
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.
Note DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT three bulls
Note An ephah is approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters (probably about 25.5 pounds or 11.6 kilograms of flour).
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to the Lord’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
Note 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An
- A.M. 2839. B.C. 1165. Ex. Is. 326. she took.
- Numbers 15:9, 10; Deuteronomy 12:5, 6, 11; Deuteronomy 16:16
- house
- 1 Samuel 4:3, 4; Joshua 18:1