Archives for January 2023

“One day, when Elkanah was sacrificing, he gave a portion of the sacrifice to his wife P’ninah and portions to each of her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved Hannah, even though Adonai had kept her from having children.“-1 Samuel 1:4 So we’re told when Elkanah visited […]

Here’s a neat little Hebrew trick you can blow your friends away with. So yesterday I was expounding on the true meaning of the word TZAVA’OT ADONAI. I also explained that whenever the Scriptures uses the term TZAVA, it functions like an adjective. For instance, if I was to say TZAVA MALACHIM, it simply means […]

“This man went up from his city every year to worship and sacrifice to Adonai-Tzva’ot in Shiloh. The two sons of ‘Eli, Hofni and Pinchas, were cohanim of Adonai there.”-1 Samuel 1:3 We’re told that Elkanah and his family traveled up to Shiloh every year to worship ADONAI-TZVA’OT in Shiloh. Now here’s the thing… This […]

So as I mentioned yesterday, every year Elkanah and his family would travel up to Shiloh to attend some sort of worship service to God. Recall Shiloh was the current dwelling place of the Wilderness Tabernacle and was located about 20 miles north of Jerusalem. It was also the location of Israel’s tent shrine since […]

“He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other P’ninah. P’ninah had children, but Hannah had no children.”-1 Samuel 1:2 In verse 2 we’re told Elkanah had two wives. One named P’ninah and one named Hannah. This means Elkanah was a fairly wealthy man. Now here’s the thing… In those days, a man having […]