John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 1:28

"therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there." — 1 Samuel 1:28 (ASV)

Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord
To be employed in his service, not for a few days, months, or years, but for his whole life. The Targum is, ''I have delivered him, that he may minister before the Lord;'' as she had received him from him as an answer of prayer, she gave him up to him again according to her vow:

as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord, or as the Targum, ''all the days that he lives he shall minister before the Lord;'' or ''all the days he is asked'' (or ''required'') by or for the Lord {e}. That is, he shall be lent to him and serve him as long as it is desired:

and he worshipped the Lord there ;
in the tabernacle at the same time; either Elkanah, who with Hannah brought the child to Eli, and now gave thanks to God for giving them the child, and prayed to him that he might be received into the service of the sanctuary; or else Eli, to whom the child was brought for admittance. When he heard that Hannah's request was granted (which he had also entreated might be, or had declared would be), he bowed his head and gave thanks to God for it;

or rather the child Samuel, as he was taught and trained up, bowed himself before the Lord, and worshipped him in the tabernacle as soon as he was brought into it, though a child; for he only is spoken of in this and the preceding verse; and by some interpreters ^F6 the name Samuel is supplied; the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the plural number, ''and they worshipped the Lord there'': that is, Elkanah and his wife; so Mr. Weemse ^F7 translates and interprets it.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: "Quamdiu" (lwav) , h. e. "expetitus aut requisitur", Peter Martyr; "quoties a Jehova postulatur", Piscator.
• F6: Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
• F7: Observat. Nat. c. 18. p. 77.