1 Samuel 12:12

Free Bible Version

But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was coming to attack you, you told me, ‘No, we want our own king,’ even though the Lord your God was your king.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

I promise to continue my agreement with you, and with your descendants who come after you, for generations to come. This is an eternal agreement. I will always be your God, and the God of your descendants.

Psalm 74:12

But you, God, are our king from long ago. You have saved us many times in the land.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king. He is the one who will save us.

Jeremiah 40:11

Those people of Judea who were living in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left some people behind in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as their governor.

Hosea 13:10

Where then is your king? Let him save you in all your cities! Where are your leaders who demanded a king and princes from me?

Numbers 23:21

He's not expecting anything bad will happen to Jacob; he doesn't foresee any trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them; they celebrate him as their king.

Judges 8:23

“I won't be your ruler, and my son won't either,” Gideon replied. “The Lord will be your ruler.”

Judges 9:18

But you have rebelled against my father's family today. You have killed his seventy sons on one stone and have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the leaders of Shechem simply because he's related to you.

1 Samuel 10:19

But now you have rejected your God, the one who saves you from all your troubles and disasters. You told him, ‘You must appoint a king to rule us.’ So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and family groups.”

1 Samuel 8:3

However, his sons did not follow his ways. They were corrupt, making money by accepting bribes and perverting justice.