1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.

World English Bible

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

26She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

28Therefore I have also given him to the LORD. As long as he lives he is given to the LORD.” He worshiped the LORD there.

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Cross References

Numbers 6:8All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD.

1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

Psalms 66:19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 118:5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.

Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for 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 →

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