1 Samuel 1:28

“Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord, etc.] To be employed in his service, not for a few days, months, or years, but for his whole life. The Targum is, “I have delivered him, that he may minister before the Lord;” as she had received him front him as an answer of prayer, she gave him up to him again according to her vow: as long as he liveth he shall be lent unto the Lord, or as the Targum, “all the days that he lives he shall be ministering before the Lord;” or “all the days he shall be asked” (or “required”) by or for the Lord f34; that is, he shall be lent unto him, and serve him as long as it is desired: and he worshipped the Lord there; in the tabernacle at the same time; either…”

“Lent him - But not with a purpose to require him again. Whatever we give to God, may upon this account be said to be lent to him, that tho' we may not recall it, yet he will certainly repay it, to our unspeakable advantage. He worshipped - Not Eli, but young Samuel, who is spoken of in this and the foregoing verse, and who was capable of worshipping God in some sort, at least with external adoration. Next: 1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 2”

“lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition to the Lord: The word hishilteehoo, "I have lent him," is the Hiphil conjugation of shual, "he asked," ( Sa1 2:27), and refers to the name of Samuel. he shall be: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned he worshipped: Gen 24:26, Gen 24:48, Gen 24:52; Ti2 3:15 Next: 1 Kings (1 Samuel) Chapter 2”