Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Eli answered and said, go in peace,.... He found he was mistaken in her, and that her discourse was not only sober and rational, but religious and spiritual; and therefore dismisses her in peace,…
Adam Clarke
Grant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by it had added to the distress of one already sufficiently distressed.
The fact that Eli supposed her to be drunken, and…
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…
Hannah's Prayer and its answer
9. So Hannah rose up Simply And. Hannah left the feast for which she had not heart, and went to pray.
Eli the priest Eli belonged to the house of Ithamar Aaron's fourth…
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