King James Version
What Does 1 Samuel 1:27 Mean?
“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”
King James Version
“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition he shall: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
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