1 Samuel 12:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

And now the king advances before you. But I am old and have gray hair. Moreover, my sons are with you. And so, having conversed before you from my youth, even until this day, behold, I am here.

Cross References

Psalm 71:18

Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

Numbers 27:17

and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd."

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being worn away, and the time of my dissolution presses close.

Joshua 23:1

Now a long time passed, after the Lord had given peace to Israel by subjecting all the surrounding nations. And Joshua was now old and very advanced in age.

Joshua 23:2

Joshua called all of Israel, and those greater by birth, and the leaders and rulers and teachers, and he said to them: "I am elderly and advanced in age.

2 Peter 1:14

For it is certain that the laying to rest of this, my tabernacle, is approaching swiftly, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has also indicated to me.

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?

1 Samuel 3:10

And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, just as he had called the other times, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have foretold to him that I will judge his house unto eternity, because of iniquity. For he had known that his sons acted shamefully, and he did not chastise them.

1 Samuel 3:16

Then Eli called Samuel, and he said, "Samuel, my son?" And responding, he said, "I am here."

1 Samuel 8:1

And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:20

and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us."

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.

1 Samuel 8:5

And they said to him: "Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have."