In I Samuel 1:3, Elkanah worships God in Shiloh yearly (KJV, NKJV, etc.), while in general, men are required to do this three times a year (Exodus 34:23, Deuteronomy 16:16). Is Elkanah doing less than what is required by God? I Samuel 1:3 (ASV) says from year to year; could this include more than once per year?<\/p>\n\t
The literal phrase in I Samuel 1:3 is\u00a0miyamim yamimah<\/em>\u00a0“from days to days.” It can be translated “at the appointed times,” “from time to time,” or “yearly.” Since the feasts are each held once a year, “yearly” or “from year to year” are the more popular ways to translate this phrase.<\/p>\n In I Samuel 1:7 it is different. Here we have\u00a0shanah veshanah<\/em>\u00a0“a year in a year.” This one is translated “year by year” or “year after year.”<\/p>\n Neither phrase limits the visits to once a year, only that each of the visits was done on an annual basis.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: In I Samuel 1:3, Elkanah worships God in Shiloh yearly (KJV, NKJV, etc.), while in general, men are required to do this three times a year (Exodus 34:23, Deuteronomy 16:16). Is Elkanah doing less than what is required by God? I Samuel 1:3 (ASV) says from year to year; could this include more than…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1062,311],"class_list":["post-45151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-i-samuel","tag-translations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94057,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-isnt-samuel-mentioned-being-the-son-of-elkanah-in-i-chronicles-628\/","url_meta":{"origin":45151,"position":0},"title":"Why isn’t Samuel mentioned as being the son of Elkanah in I Chronicles 6:28?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why is it that in I Chronicles 6:27-28, the \"son of\" pattern suddenly stops at Samuel? (\"Son of _____, Son of ______, Son of ______, and his son Elkanah.\u00a0 Samuel's sons...\") Answer: I should mention that there is a minor textual problem in I Chronicles 6:27: the name of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2519,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-long-was-the-egyptian-bondage\/","url_meta":{"origin":45151,"position":1},"title":"How Long Was the Egyptian Bondage? (Hamilton)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton \u00a0 Occasionally someone will insist that the Bible is not inspired by God and to prove their point they will state there are contradictions in the Bible. One of these apparent contradictions involves the duration of the Israelites' bondage in Egypt. There are five verses which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57046,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-long-did-the-judges-rule-israel\/","url_meta":{"origin":45151,"position":2},"title":"How Long Did the Judges Rule Israel?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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