1Sa_1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Ver. 28. Therefore also I have lent him.] Or, Returned him whom I have obtained by petition unto the Lord. So did Hunter the martyr’s mother: {a} and Mr Bradford begged of his mother to do the like. {b} The stork is said to leave one of her young ones where she hatcheth.