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Pray with Eli

The priest at Shiloh who mistook a silent prayer for drunkenness, then blessed the woman praying it.

OTEli, an old priest seen from behind, seated by a doorpost at Shiloh with a hand raised in blessing at eveningEliThen Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.”1 Samuel 1:17 · ESVPeople of the Bible7 / 36

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Who said it
Eli the priest
Context
Eli the priest sat by the doorpost of the temple at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:9). Seeing Hannah’s lips move without sound, he took her for drunk, until she said she had been “pouring out my soul before the LORD” (1:13-⁠15).
  1. Read how Eli prayed, slowly, and notice what they asked God for.
  2. Pray their words again for the person you have in mind, by name.
  3. Read the verses that name Eli, further down this page.

Close in Jesus' name, and say Amen.

In the same story

Every verse that names Eli · English Standard Version

Where Eli appears

Eli is named in 30 verses across 2 books

Chapter and verse, book by book.

BookWhereVerses
1 Samuel1:31:91:121:131:141:171:252:112:122:202:222:273:13:23:53:63:83:93:123:143:153:164:44:114:134:144:154:1614:329
1 Kings2:271

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