1 Samuel 12:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Again your ancestors cried out to the LORD for help. They said, “We have sinned! We stopped worshipping you, our LORD, and started worshipping Baal and Astarte. But now, if you rescue us from our enemies, we will worship you.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:44

You answered their prayers when they were in trouble.

Isaiah 26:16

When you punished our people, they turned and prayed to you, our LORD.

Isaiah 33:22

The LORD is our judge and our ruler; the LORD is our king and will keep us safe.

Judges 10:10

They begged the LORD for help and confessed, “We were unfaithful to you, our LORD. We stopped worshipping you and started worshipping idols of Baal.”

Judges 2:11

The LORD had brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they had worshipped him. But now the Israelites stopped worshipping the LORD and worshipped the idols of Baal and Astarte, as well as the idols of other gods from nearby nations. The LORD was so angry

Judges 3:15

The Israelites begged the LORD for help, and the LORD chose Ehud from the Benjamin tribe to rescue them. They put Ehud in charge of taking the taxes to King Eglon, but before Ehud went, he made a double-edged dagger. Ehud was left-handed, so he strapped the dagger to his right thigh, where it would be hidden under his robes.

Judges 3:7

The Israelites sinned against the LORD by forgetting him and worshipping idols of Baal and Astarte.

Judges 3:9

The Israelites begged the LORD for help, and he chose Othniel to rescue them. Othniel was the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz.

Judges 4:3

Jabin's army had nine hundred iron chariots, and for twenty years he made life miserable for the Israelites, until finally they begged the LORD for help.

1 Samuel 7:2

and it stayed there for twenty years. During this time everyone in Israel was very sad and begged the LORD for help.

1 Samuel 7:6

The Israelites met together at Mizpah with Samuel as their leader. They drew water from the well and poured it out as an offering to the LORD. On that same day they went without eating to show their sorrow, and they confessed they had been unfaithful to the LORD.