1 Samuel 12:1

And Samuel said unto all Israel, Lo! I have hearkened unto your voice, in all that ye said to me,—and have set over you a king.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,—But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 8:7And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,—for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.

1 Samuel 10:1Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him,—and said—Is it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader?

1 Samuel 11:14Then said Samuel unto the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal,—and let us there renew the kingdom.

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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