21 The next time Elkanah and his family went to offer their yearly sacrifice, he took along a gift that he had promised to give to the LORD.

22 But Hannah stayed home, because she had told Elkanah, “Samuel and I won’t go until he’s old enough for me to stop nursing him. Then I’ll give him to the LORD, and he can stay there at Shiloh for the rest of his life.”

23 “You know what’s best,” Elkanah said. “Stay here until it’s time to stop nursing him. I’m sure the LORD will help you do what you have promised.” [8] Hannah did not go to Shiloh until she stopped nursing Samuel.