1 Samuel 1:27
For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall be holy to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.
Psalms 66:19Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.
Psalms 118:5In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you 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 →