23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee best: tarry until thou hast weaned him: only the Lord accomplish his [a]word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

24 ¶ And when she had weaned him, she took him with her with three bullocks and an Ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh, and the child was [b]young.

25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 Because her prayer took effect, therefore it was called the Lord’s promise.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 Hebrew, a child.

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