1 Samuel 1:24

“And when she had weaned him, etc.] At the usual time of weaning children; (see Gill on “<090123>1 Samuel 1:23”) some refer this not only to the milk of the breast, from which he was weaned, but to such food as was common to children, and so supposes him grown up to nine or ten years of age: she took him up with her; to the tabernacle at Shiloh, at a yearly festival: with three bullocks; for three sorts of offerings, burnt offering, sin offering, and peace offering; or since one only is spoken of as slain, that is, for sacrifice, the other two might be for food to entertain her family and friends with while there; or as a present to the high priest, to whose care she committed her son: and…”

“three bullocks--The Septuagint renders it "a bullock of three years old"; which is probably the true rendering. Next: 1 Samuel Chapter 2”

“Three bullocks - One for a burnt - offering, the second for a sin - offering, and the third for a peace offering; all these sorts being expedient for this work and time. Flour - For the meal - offerings belonging to the principal sacrifices, which to each bullock were three tenth - deals, or three tenth parts of an ephah, and so nine parts of the ephah were spent, and the tenth part was given to the priest. Wine - For drink - offerings. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 1:25”

“am 2839, bc 1165, An, Ex, Is, 326 she took: Num 15:9, Num 15:10; Deu 12:5, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:11, Deu 16:16 three bullocks: The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, read "a bullock of three years old;" which is probably correct, as we read ( Sa1 1:25) that they slew eth happar, "the bullock." house: Sa1 4:3, Sa1 4:4; Jos 18:1 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 1:25”

“As soon as the boy was weaned, Hannah brought him, although still a נער, i.e., a tender boy, to Shiloh, with a sacrifice of three oxen, an ephah of meal, and a pitcher of wine, and gave him up to Eli when the ox (bullock) had been slain, i.e., offered in sacrifice as a burnt-offering. The striking circumstance that, according to Sa1 1:24, Samuel's parents brought three oxen with them to Shiloh, and yet in Sa1 1:25 the ox (הפּר) alone is spoken of as being slain (or sacrificed), may be explained very simply on the supposition that in Sa1 1:25 that particular sacrifice is referred to, which was associated with the presentation of the boy, that is to say, the burnt-offering by virtue of which…”