031. Weaning of a Child
Weaning of a Child
Hannah brings Samuel to Eli. "And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, . . . and brought him into the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young."
It appears strange to us to read of Samuel’s mother taking her child to Eli for service in the temple as soon as she weaned him. However, in that country children, and especially boys, are not weaned until they are three, four and often even seven years of age. So we see that Hannah did not bring a small baby to the temple for the aged prophet to take care of, but a lad of several years of age.