therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.
Hannah obeyed the Mosaic Law when she fulfilled her vow (1 Samuel 1:24-28). This contrasts with the disobedience of Eli’s sons (1 Samuel 2:11-36). In Deuteronomy 28 Moses predicted the outcome of these two responses to God’s Word, and the writer of this book illustrated it in 1 Samuel 1, 2.