1 Samuel 1:24
“And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when she had weaned him,.... At the usual time of weaning children; See Gill on Sa1 1:23 some refer this not only to…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
With three bullocks - The Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Arabic, read, a bullock of three years old; and this is…
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
three bullocks We may conjecture that one was intended for a burnt-offering, one for the "sacrifice in performing a…
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