Prayed on his behalf
The grace of...
("And all the people said to Samuel, Pray before your servants to the Lord your God, and do not be fainthearted" - 1 Samuel 12:19, and so: "Once one approached the glory of His law and His righteousness, and asked of Him and pleaded with Him, that He might pray before him in this way" - Y.L. Peretz/ Einaim Mushalot, Oz)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְפַּלֵּל בַּעֲדוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְפַּלֵּל עֲבוּר טוֹבָתוֹ שֶׁל...
("וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָל הָעָם אֶל שְׁמוּאֵל הִתְפַּלֵּל בְּעַד עֲבָדֶיךָ אֶל ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְאַל נָמוּת"- שְׁמוּאֵל א יב יט, וְכֵן:"נִגַּשׁ פַּעַם אַחַת אֶל כְּבוֹד תּוֹרָתוֹ וְצִדְקָתוֹ, וּבִקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ וְהִפְצִיר בּוֹ,שֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל בַּעֲדוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה"-י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ עֵינַיִם מֻשְׁפָּלוֹת, עֹז)