Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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1 Samuel 1:21
The man Elkanah and all his house - He and the whole of his family, Hannah and her child excepted, who purposed not to go up to Shiloh till her son was old enough to be employed in the Divine service.
And his vow - Probably he had also made some vow to the Lord on the occasion of his wife' s prayer and vow; in which, from his love to her. he could not be less interested than herself.
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