1 Samuel 1:27

For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;

Leeser Tanakh

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, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord.

28Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 6:8All the days of his abstinence is he holy unto the Lord.

1 Chronicles 4:10And Ja'bez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst act for me against the evil, that it may not give me pain! And God granted him what he had asked for.

Psalms 66:19But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 118:5From the midst of distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me with enlargement.

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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