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When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young.
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A Generous Offering
Commentators note the lavishness of Hannah's offering. While the text mentions three bullocks and the next verse only one, scholars suggest one was for Samuel's consecration and the other two were for festival offerings. This demonstrates that Hannah fulfilled her vow not with a minimum requirement, but with extravagant generosity and gratitude.
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19th Century
Anglican
With three bullocks ... And they slew a bullock. — At first sight, there seems to be a discrepancy here, and the Septuagi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when she had weaned him At the usual time of weaning children; (See Gill on 1 Samuel 1:23) …
Presbyterian
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…
