1 Samuel 1:27
For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 6:8All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.
Psalms 66:19But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms 118:5I called upon Jah in distress; Jah answered me [and set me] in a large place.
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
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 →