1 Samuel 1:26
And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:
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In Context
25And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.
27My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:55And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.
1 Samuel 25:26So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.
2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
2 Kings 2:4Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.
2 Kings 4:30But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:20-28
The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. ( b. c. 1137.) 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord . 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly… Read the whole commentary →