1 Samuel 12:12

New Century Version

But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

Psalm 74:12

God, you have been our king for a long time. You bring salvation to the earth.

Isaiah 33:22

This is because the Lord is our judge. The Lord makes our laws. The Lord is our king. He will save us.

Jeremiah 40:11

The Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other countries also heard that the king of Babylon had left a few Jews alive in the land. And they heard the king of Babylon had chosen Gedaliah as governor over them. (Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.)

Hosea 13:10

What good is your king? Can he save you in any of your towns? What good are your leaders? You said, ‘Give us a king and leaders.’

Numbers 23:21

He has found no wrong in the people of Jacob; he saw no fault in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and they praise their King.

Judges 8:23

But Gideon told them, “The Lord will be your ruler. I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you.”

Judges 9:18

But now you have turned against my father’s family and have killed his seventy sons on one stone. You have made Abimelech, the son of my father’s slave girl, king over the leaders of Shechem just because he is your relative!

1 Samuel 10:19

But now you have rejected your God. He saves you from all your troubles and problems, but you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us.’ Now come, stand before the Lord in your tribes and family groups.”

1 Samuel 8:3

But Samuel’s sons did not live as he did. They tried to get money dishonestly, and they accepted money secretly to make wrong judgments.