23 Her husband, Elkanah, replied, “Do what you think is best,(A) and stay here until you’ve weaned him. May the Lord confirm your[a] word.”(B) So Hannah stayed there and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull,[b] half a bushel[c] of flour, and a clay jar of wine.(C) Though the boy was still young,[d] she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.(D) 25 Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:23 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads his
  2. 1:24 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads Shiloh with three bulls
  3. 1:24 Lit bull and an ephah
  4. 1:24 Lit And the youth was a youth

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