1 Samuel 12:12 - The Scriptures 1998

“And when you saw that Naḥ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, No! A king shall reign over us–when the Lord your God was your King!

American Standard Version (1901)

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 Jehovah your God was your king.

Common English Bible

But when you saw that Nahash the Ammonite king was coming against you, you said to me, ‘No! There must be a king to rule over us.’ But the LORD your God was already your king!

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, 'By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,' even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But seeing that Naas king of the children of Ammon was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:12 Cross References

Genesis 17:7

“And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you.

Psalm 74:12

For Elohim is my Sovereign from of old, Working deliverance in the midst of the earth.

Isaiah 33:22

for יהוה  is our Judge, יהוה  is our Lawgiver, יהוה  is our Sovereign, He saves us –

Jeremiah 40:11

Also, when all the Yehuḏ

Hosea 13:10

“Where is your sovereign now to save you in all your cities, and your rulers of whom you said, ‘Give me a sovereign and rulers’?

Numbers 23:21

“He has not looked upon wickedness in Yaʽ

Judges 8:23

But Giḏ

Judges 9:18

but you have risen up against my father’s house today, and slew his seventy sons on one stone, and set up Aḇ

1 Samuel 10:19

“And today you have rejected your Elohim, who Himself saved you out of all your evils and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a sovereign over us!’ And now, present yourselves before יהוה  by your tribes and by your clans.”

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.