Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 12:13
1 Samuel 12:13 is verse 13 of 1 Samuel chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
King James Version
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
World English Bible
Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
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1 Samuel 12:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
13 Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
14 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
15 But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 10:24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 9:20As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
Psalms 78:29So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
Psalms 78:30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
Psalms 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
Acts 13:21Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.