1 Samuel 1:22
“But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But Hannah went not up,.... For women, though they might go if they pleased to the yearly feasts, yet they were not…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Until the child be weaned - Hebrew mothers, as elsewhere in the East, usually suckled their children until the age of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 1:19-28
Here is, I. The return of Elkanah and his family to their own habitation, when the days appointed for the feast were…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
until the child be weaned He would then be two or three years old. It is still a common practice in the East to suckle…
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