The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
"A three year old bull" We believe that this is an error in the RSV rendition, because the Hebrew has "three bulls," not a three-year old bull. There is no good reason why the Syriac should be preferred here.  The argument that only one bull was brought is based upon the mention in  1 Samuel 1:25 that "they slew the bull."  Keil gives us what is probably the correct understanding of this passage.