1 Samuel 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

As she continued praying, 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. Her mouth, i.e. the motion of her lips, as it follows.

1 Samuel 1:12

12 And it came to pass, as she continuedf praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.