petition <1SA1 -17> Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy {petition} that thou hast asked of him. petition <1SA1 -27> For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my {petition} which I asked of him: petition <1KI2 -16> And now I ask one {petition} of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. petition <1KI2 -20> Then she said, I desire one small {petition} of thee; [I pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. petition And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy {petition}? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. petition Then answered Esther, and said, My {petition} and my request [is]; petition If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my {petition}, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. petition And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy {petition}, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed, [even] to the half of the kingdom. petition Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my {petition}, and my people at my request: petition And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what [is] thy {petition}? and it shall be granted thee: or what [is] thy request further? and it shall be done. petition All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a {petition} of any God or m an for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. petition Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a {petition}] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. petition Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his {petition} three times a day. ~~~~~~