And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
Ver. 4. And when the time was that Elkanah offered.] He did not forbear to offer, because the priests were wicked and slubbering, as some weak ones did, 1Sa 2:17 abhorring God's sacrifice for their sakes: wherein they are said to have transgressed, even to a cry.