I have lent him to the Lord. —The rendering of the Hebrew here, “I have lent,” and in Exodus 12:36, is false. Th…

Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord
To be employed in his service, not for a few days, months, or years, but …

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…