And this man
[Elkanah] went up from his city year after year
(literally: "from day to day") [i.e., every appointed day of the Lord (Yahweh) – the three annual feasts of the Lord (Yahweh)], to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts
(Yahweh Sebaot) in Shiloh
[15 km north of Bethel, see ]. Eli's two sons, Hophni and
Phinehas, were priests of the Lord
(Yahweh) there.
[This is the first time God's name, Lord of Hosts, is used. Yahweh is God's personal name. Sebaoth is the feminine form of the Hebrew word , which means army, battle, or war. The combination of these two names describes an almighty and all-powerful God.]