1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

Brenton Septuagint

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

26And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.

28And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,

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Cross References

Numbers 6:8All the days of his vow he shall be holy to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 4:10And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

Psalms 118:5O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.

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 →

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