And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Ver. 12. He went out into a mountain to pray] He premiseth prayer, being to make choice of the twelve. If Eliezer prayed when to seek a wife for Isaac,Genesis 24:12,14; if Solomon prayed for wisdom, ere he set upon the temple work; if Ezra fasted and prayed ere he committed the golden and silver vessels to them that kept them,Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:30; should there not prayer be made for ministers ere they be set over God's house and people?