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1 Samuel 1:3

3 Every year, Elkanah left his home in Ramah to go to the town of Shiloh. He went there to worship the Lord Almighty and to offer sacrifices to him. Hophni and Phinehas served the Lord at Shiloh as his priests. Eli was their father.

1:3Israelite men had to go to a special place to offer sacrifices to God three times every year. See Exodus 23:14-17; Deuteronomy 12:5-7. This place was in Shiloh at this time. Shiloh was about 24 kilometres (15 miles) east of Ramah.
1:3When we write Lord like this, it is a special name for God. Sometimes people write it as ‘Yahweh’, or as ‘Jehovah’. It is his own name that he told Moses. See Exodus 3:14. It means ‘I am who I am’. This shows that God has always been there and he always will be there.