¹⁷ Eli answered, “Go in peace,^(A) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.^(B)”

²⁰ They were helped^(A) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried^(B) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted^(C) in him.

¹³ And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

²³ So we fasted^(A) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

¹⁰ Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.^(A)