23 Her husband, Elkanah, replied, “Do what you think is best,(A) and stay here until you’ve weaned him. May the Lord confirm your[a] word.”(B) So Hannah stayed there and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull,[b] half a bushel[c] of flour, and a clay jar of wine.(C) Though the boy was still young,[d] she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.(D) 25 Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.

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  1. 1:23 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads his
  2. 1:24 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads Shiloh with three bulls
  3. 1:24 Lit bull and an ephah
  4. 1:24 Lit And the youth was a youth

23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(A) his[a] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(B) him.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[b](C) an ephah[c] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli,

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  3. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms