In those times, there were three weaning for boys: from the breast, from a nanny or caretaker, and from the women's household. The latest took place at 12 or 13, and was likely the weaning referred to here. Think about it: Why would Hannah place a burden on Eli by giving him a toddler?
Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1, 2)
Elkanah
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The mother of the prophet Samuel and wife of Elkanah (1 Samuel ch.1).
Elkanah Settle was born on January 1, 1648 and died on February 12, 1724. Elkanah Settle would have been 76 years old at the time of death or 367 years old today.
Elkanah Settle died on February 12, 1724 at the age of 76.
Samuel's mother was Hannah, and his father was Elkanah Samuel 1:23, 1:5
elkanah
Hanna is a wife of Elkanah mentioned in the Books of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel. The Hebrew word "Hannah" has many meanings and interpretations such as beauty or passion. In the Biblical narrative, Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah; the other, Peninnah, bore a child to Elkanah, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. Every year Elkanah would offer a sacrifice at the Shiloh sanctuary, and give Hannah twice as big a portion of it as he would to Penninah. One day Hannah went up to the temple, and prayed silently, while Eli the High Priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost. In her prayer she begs for a child in return for giving the child up, putting him in the service of the Shiloh priests, and raising him as a nazir. Eli thought she was drunk and questioned her, but when she explained herself he sends her away and effectively says that her prayer will be heard and her desire granted. That night she went home with her husband, they had marital relations, and she became pregnant. As promised, when the child was born, she raised him as a nazarite and put him into the service of the Shiloh priests, then she sang/prayed a song of praise for his birth - the Song of Hannah. Subsequently, when the child proved himself a good worker, Eli blesses Hannah again, and Hannah has four or five more children. (From the text it is unclear whether she had five children total, or five in addition to Samuel. See In Samuel 2:21.)
One of the 2 wives of Elkanah, who picked on Hannah because she was barren. 1 Samuel 1:6
Hannah is one of the two wives of Elkanah, a Levite who lives in the territory of Ephraim. (1 Samuel 1:1, 2a; 1 Chronicles 6:33, 34) Although polygamy was not part of God's original purpose for mankind, it is permitted and regulated under the Mosaic Law.
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