Verses with the word petition in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
2 Esdras 8:24
O hear the prayer of thy servant, and give ear to the petition of thy creature.
1 Maccabees 7:37
Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people:
2 Maccabees 11:17
John and Absolom, who were sent from you, delivered me the petition subscribed, and made request for the performance of the contents thereof.
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