1 Samuel 12:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

Cross References

Psalm 71:18

So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power

Numbers 27:17

who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come.

Joshua 23:1

A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

Joshua 23:2

Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders and heads, their judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years;

2 Peter 1:14

since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings which I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’

1 Samuel 3:10

And the Lord came and stood forth, calling as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for thy servant hears.”

1 Samuel 3:13

And I tell him that I am about to punish his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.

1 Samuel 3:16

But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 8:1

When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:20

that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 8:3

Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 8:5

and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”