Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
"To sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts." "This name of God, with variations, is found 260 times in the O.T., but this is the first mention of it."[10] Scholarly disputes over whether the title means "heavenly hosts such as the stars," "the hosts of angels," "the hosts of the armies of Israel," or "the hosts of all human armies" are of little interest, because God is the "Lord of all hosts."  The Good News Bible and the NIV both rendered it "Lord Almighty"; but James Moffatt and the Douay Version of the Old Testament wisely let it stand as "Lord of Hosts," "Jehovah Sabaoth."