1 Samuel 12
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1And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
1 Samuel 12:1
2And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
1 Samuel 12:2
3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
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4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
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5And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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6And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
1 Samuel 12:7
8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
1 Samuel 12:8
9And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
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10And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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11And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
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12And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
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13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
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14If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
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15But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
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16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
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17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
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18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
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20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
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21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
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22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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Chapter 12
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1 Samuel 12:1
1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that th...1 Samuel 11:14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kin...1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and...1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 8:19¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Na...
1 Samuel 12:2
1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Isra...1 Samuel 8:20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go...1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took brib...Numbers 27:17Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lea...
1 Samuel 12:3
Acts 20:33I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.Numbers 16:15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offerin...1 Samuel 24:6And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my ma...1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by c...Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gi...
1 Samuel 12:4
1 Samuel 12:5
Exodus 22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or...Acts 23:9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part ar...Acts 24:20Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while...2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity a...1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth...
1 Samuel 12:6
Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the hou...Exodus 6:26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of...Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name...Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are n...Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a...
1 Samuel 12:7
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as sca...Judges 5:11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water...Ezekiel 18:25¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is...Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwix...Micah 6:1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and l...
1 Samuel 12:8
Exodus 4:14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron t...Exodus 2:23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the c...1 Samuel 12:6¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron,...Joshua 1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and al...Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that...
1 Samuel 12:9
Judges 10:7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand...Judges 3:12¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LO...Judges 4:2And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Ha...Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD...Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that form...
1 Samuel 12:10
Judges 10:10¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against...Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.Judges 10:15¶ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us...Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a delive...Judges 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LOR...
1 Samuel 12:11
Judges 6:32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against hi...Judges 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and sai...Judges 6:14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt sav...Judges 8:29¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an...
1 Samuel 12:12
Judges 8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule o...1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your ad...1 Samuel 11:1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all th...1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took brib...
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:1
1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that th...1 Samuel 11:14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kin...1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and...1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 8:19¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Na...
1 Samuel 12:2
1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Isra...1 Samuel 8:20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go...1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took brib...Numbers 27:17Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lea...
1 Samuel 12:3
Acts 20:33I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.Numbers 16:15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offerin...1 Samuel 24:6And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my ma...1 Peter 5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by c...Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gi...
1 Samuel 12:4
1 Samuel 12:5
Exodus 22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or...Acts 23:9And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part ar...Acts 24:20Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while...2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity a...1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth...
1 Samuel 12:6
Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the hou...Exodus 6:26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of...Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name...Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are n...Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a...
1 Samuel 12:7
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as sca...Judges 5:11They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water...Ezekiel 18:25¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is...Isaiah 5:3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwix...Micah 6:1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and l...
1 Samuel 12:8
Exodus 4:14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron t...Exodus 2:23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the c...1 Samuel 12:6¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron,...Joshua 1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and al...Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that...
1 Samuel 12:9
Judges 10:7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand...Judges 3:12¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LO...Judges 4:2And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Ha...Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD...Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that form...
1 Samuel 12:10
Judges 10:10¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against...Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.Judges 10:15¶ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us...Judges 3:9And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a delive...Judges 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LOR...
1 Samuel 12:11
Judges 6:32Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against hi...Judges 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and sai...Judges 6:14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt sav...Judges 8:29¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an...
1 Samuel 12:12
Judges 8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule o...1 Samuel 8:5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now...1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your ad...1 Samuel 11:1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all th...1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took brib...