1 Samuel 12:12

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Summary

And 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.

Nay

1 Samuel 8:3

Judges 9:18

When the lord

Bible References

Nay

However, his sons did not walk in his ways—they turned toward dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

and now you have attacked my father’s house today, killed his 70 sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave, king over the lords of Shechem ‘because he is your brother’—

When the lord

But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to Him, ‘You must set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,

He considers no disaster for Jacob;
He sees no trouble for Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”

God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth.

For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.

Where now is your king,

that he may save you in all your cities,
and the rulers

you demanded, saying,

“Give me a king and leaders”?