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? ¹  Am I not better to you than ten ²  sons?”

1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. ³  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” ⁴ 

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

¹ tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

² 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).

³ tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).