1 Samuel 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

A little coat, suitable to his age and stature, to be worn ordinarily; for coats were their usual garments. See Genesis 3:21, Genesis 37:3 2 Samuel 15:32 Song of Solomon 5:3 Daniel 3:21 Luke 3:11, Luke 9:3. Knowing that he could not yet do much service, she would not have him too burdensome to the tabernacle, and therefore she yearly provided him with a coat, which was the chief and upper garment; and under that his other garments possibly are comprehended.

1 Samuel 2:19

19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.