Kings I 1:22

22 But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

Kings I 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 1:22

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king
Just as she was concluding her speech to him:

Nathan the prophet also came in;
as he promised he would; perhaps was at the chamber door all the while Bathsheba was speaking, and when he perceived she was just finishing, he entered in without ceremony, as he had used to do, being the king's seer and counsellor, and a prophet, who had admittance to the king at any time.

Kings I 1:22 In-Context

20 And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

21 And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

22 But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

23 And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

24 And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.