(3) And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

This is the first time, as far as I recollect, that we meet with this title of the Lord of Hosts, in the word of God, Jehovah Sabbaoth. It is a very precious one to God's people, and the believer finds great comfort in it, when he calls to mind at any time, amidst the hosts of foes be hath to encounter, that his God in covenant, is the God of all the armies of heaven, and of all the inhabitants of the earth, and that he governeth them according to his will. Daniel 4:35. The tabernacle of the Lord was set up in Shiloh, and this explains the cause wherefore the pious Israelites went up yearly to Shiloh. Joshua 18:1.

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