And his vow. —Elkanah too had vowed a vow unto the Lord, in case his wife Hannah should have a son. It has been remarked that vows…

And the man Elkanah, and all his house
All his family, excepting Hannah, and her son Samuel; or all the men of his h…

Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move until they had worshipped God…