1 Samuel 12:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, “No, we must have a king reign over us” #– #even though the Lord your God is your king.

Cross References

Judges 8:23

But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.’

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God,  who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You  must set a king over us.”  Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’

Hosea 13:10

Where now is your king,  , that he may save you in all your cities, and the  rulers  , you demanded, saying, ‘Give me a king and leaders’?

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King. He will save us.

1 Samuel 8:3

However, his sons did not walk in his ways #– #they turned towards dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Judges 9:18

and now you have attacked my father’s family today, killed his seventy sons on top of a large stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the citizens of Shechem “because he is your brother” #– #

Numbers 23:21

He considers no disaster for Jacob; he sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

Genesis 17:7

I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant  to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

Jeremiah 40:11

When all the Judeans in Moab  and among the Ammonites and in  Edom and in all the other lands  also heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over them,