Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 1:12
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1 Samuel1:12
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth .
Heb. multiplied to pray. By which it appears that she said much more than is here expressed. And the like you are to judge of the Prayers and Sermons of other holy Persons Recorded in Scripture, which gives us only the sum and substance of them. Which consideration may help us much in the understanding of some passages of the Bible.
i. e. The motion of her lips, as it follows.
Marginal references: Heb. multiplied to pray.
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