1 Samuel 12:9

And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

8When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place.

10And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and the groves: and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:30How + 32:30 Gr. shall.should one pursue a thousand, and two rout tens of thousands, if God had not sold them, and the Lord delivered them up?

Judges 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

Judges 3:31And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare such as is drawn by oxen; and he too delivered Israel.

Judges 10:7And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

Psalms 106:21Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

Isaiah 63:10But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be an enemy, he himself contended against them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:7-16

6 And 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. 7 Now 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. 8 When 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. 9 And when they forgat the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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