1 Samuel 12
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1 Samuel 12:6-13

6Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 toH413 the peopleH5971, “The LORDH3068 is the One whoH8341 appointedH6213 MosesH4872 and AaronH175, and whoH834 broughtH5927 your fathers upH1 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 7NowH6258 present yourselvesH3320, so that I may confrontH8199 youH854 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 with allH3605 the righteous actsH6666 HeH3068 has doneH6213 for youH854 andH854 your fathersH1.

8WhenH834 JacobH3290 wentH935 to EgyptH4714,2 your fathersH1 cried outH2199 toH413 the LORDH3068, and HeH3068 sent themH7971 MosesH4872 and AaronH175, who broughtH3318 your fathersH1 out of EgyptH4714 and settled themH3427 in thisH2088 placeH4725. 9But they forgotH7911 the LORDH3068 their GodH430, and He soldH4376 themH853 into the handH3027 of SiseraH5516 the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635 of HazorH2674,3 and into the handsH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430H3027 and the kingH4428 of MoabH4124, who foughtH3898 against them.

10Then they cried outH2199 toH413 the LORDH3068 and saidH559, ‘We have sinnedH2398, forH3588 we have forsakenH5800 the LORDH3068 and servedH5647 the BaalsH1168 andH853 AshtorethsH6252. NowH6258 deliver usH5337 from the handsH3027 of our enemiesH341, that we may serve YouH5647.’

11So the LORDH3068 sentH7971 JerubbaalH3378,4 BarakH917,5 JephthahH3316, and SamuelH8050,6 and He deliveredH5337 youH853 from the handsH3027 of your enemiesH341 on every sideH5439, and you dweltH3427 securelyH983. 12But when you sawH7200 thatH3588 NahashH5176 kingH4428 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983 was movingH935 against youH5921, you saidH559 to me, ‘NoH3808H3588, we must have a kingH4428 to ruleH4427 over usH5921’—even though the LORDH3068 your GodH430 was your kingH4428.

13NowH6258 here isH2009 the kingH4428 you have chosenH977, the oneH834 you requestedH7592. BeholdH2009, the LORDH3068 has placedH5414 a kingH4428 over youH5921.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 12:6 Hebrew; LXX The LORD is the witness who ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 12:8 Hebrew; LXX includes and the Egyptians oppressed them ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 12:9 LXX the army of Jabin king of Hazor ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 12:11 Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; see Judges 6:32. ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 12:11 LXX and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 12:11 LXX and Syriac Samson ↩

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