1 Samuel 1:12
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord,.... Being very earnest and importunate with him to grant her request, and therefore repeated her petition, and prolonged her prayer,…
Elkanah had gently reproved Hannah for her inordinate grief, and here we find the good effect of the reproof.
I. It brought her to her meat. She ate and drank, Sa1 1:9. She did not harden herself in…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
continued praying Lit. "multiplied to pray," i.e. "prayed long and earnestly."
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