What does "I had the petitions" mean here?

Where did you find this sentence? Is it from the Bible?

thanks1I had the petitions

To me it says that I had the pieces of paper on which the requests were written.

CJ

thanks1What does "I had the petitions" exactly mean here? "I made the petitions" or "I received what I petitioned" or something else?

"I received what I asked for."

This is the same "petition" you see in "The judge granted her petition." It is rare outside that legal context nowadays. You got the quotation wrong, by the way. It is " And if

A petition is a piece of paper with a request for something on it, usually legal.

For example, there is a form you can fill out if you want a divorce. When it is filled out, it is is called a petition for divorce.

Mrs. Smith filed a petition at the courthouse for a divorce. The judge granted it.

thanks1"I had the petitions that I desired of them."

petition, n. "The matter of a petition; the thing asked or petitioned for. Chiefly in to have (also receive) one's petition, to grant a petition." (OED)

The pertinent citations are even older than the KJV, for example "Sithe I shall dye, I aske the law of yow, scil., þat I may have iij peticiouns or I deye."