1 Samuel 1:25

25 Then the parents butchered the bull and brought the child to Eli.

1 Samuel 1:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 1:25

And they slew a bullock
One of the three Hannah brought, unless the singular is put for the plural, and so all three were slain, some for sacrifice, and some for food perhaps; or if only one was slain, it might be offered as a sacrifice previous to the presentation of Samuel; or else was made a present of to Eli, at the introduction of Samuel to him, as follows:

and brought the child to Eli:
to be under his care, to he instructed and trained up by him in the service of the tabernacle; from hence it appears that Elkanah the husband of Hannah came along with her at this time.

1 Samuel 1:25 In-Context

23 "Do what you think is best," her husband Elkanah told her. "Wait until you've weaned him. May the LORD keep his word." The woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

24 As soon as she had weaned Samuel, she took him with her. She also brought a three-year-old bull, half a bushel of flour, and a full wineskin. She brought him to the LORD's house at Shiloh while the boy was [still] a child.

25 Then the parents butchered the bull and brought the child to Eli.

26 "Sir," Hannah said, "as sure as you live, I'm the woman who stood here next to you and prayed to the LORD.

27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD granted my request.