1 Samuel 1:27 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

KJV

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ASV

For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

WEB

I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

YLT

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;

DBT

For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him.

About this book

Old Testament

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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16 verses on the floor

Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
1 John 5:15
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Psalms 118:5
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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When he sacrificed he worshipped, joining prayers and thanksgivings with his sacrifices. In this course of religion he was constant, for he went up yearly. And that which made it the more commendable in him was, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): " For this child I prayed. Here it was obtained by prayer, and here it is resigned to the prayer-hearing God. You have forgotten me, my lord, but I who now appear so cheerful am the woman, the very same, that three years ago stood by thee here weeping and praying, and this was the child I prayed for." Answers of prayer may thus be humbly triumphed in, to the glory of God.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Such must our covenant with God be, a marriage-covenant; as long as live we must be his, and never forsake him. Lastly, The child Samuel did his part beyond what could have been expected from one of his years; for of him that seems to be spoken, He worshipped the Lord there, that is he said his prayers.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1SA 1:27MAT 7:7 MRK 11:24
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1SA 1:27MAT 7:7 MAT 21:22
1SA 1:27MAT 7:7 1JN 3:22
1SA 1:27MAT 7:7 JHN 15:7
1SA 1:27MAT 7:7 PSA 145:18-19
1SA 1:271JN 5:15 LUK 11:9-10
1SA 1:27PSA 118:5 PSA 120:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 1:271JN 5:15 PRO 15:29

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