1 Samuel 1:8

1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.”

So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.


tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).