23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
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And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. …
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)Here is, I. The return of Elkanah and his family to their own habitation, when the days appointed for the feast were over, 1 Sam. 1:19. Observe how they improved their time at the tabernacle. Every day they were there, even that which was fixed for their journey home, they worshipped God; and they rose up early to do it. It is good to begin the day with God. Let him that is the first have the firs…
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