1 Samuel 12:1

Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

2Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and grey-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 11:14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:1

We left the general assembly of the states together, in the close of the foregoing chapter; in this chapter we have Samuel's speech to them, when he resigned the government into the hands of Saul, in which, I. He clears himself from all suspicion or imputation of mismanagement, while the administration was in his hands, ver. 1-5 . II. He reminds them of the great things God had done for them and for their fathers, ver. 6-13 . III. He sets before them good and evil, the blessing and the curse, ver. 14, 15 . IV. He… Read the whole commentary →

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