1 Samuel 12:12

The Scriptures 2009

“And when you saw that Naḥash sovereign of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but let a sovereign reign over us,’ when יהוה your Elohim was your sovereign.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

“And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you.

Psalm 74:12

For Elohim is my Sovereign from of old, Working deliverance in the midst of the earth.

Isaiah 33:22

for יהוה is our Judge, יהוה is our Inscriber, יהוה is our Sovereign, He saves us –

Jeremiah 40:11

Also, when all the Yehuḏim who were in Mo’aḇ, and among the Ammonites, and in Eḏom, and who were in all the lands, heard that the sovereign of Baḇel had left a remnant of Yehuḏah, and that he had set over them Geḏalyahu son of Aḥiqam, son of Shaphan,

Hosea 13:10

“Where is your sovereign now to save you in all your cities, and your rulers of whom you said, ‘Give me a sovereign and rulers’?

Numbers 23:21

“He has not looked upon wickedness in Ya‛aqoḇ, nor has He seen trouble in Yisra’ĕl. יהוה his Elohim is with him, and the shout of a Sovereign is in him.

Judges 8:23

But Giḏ‛on said to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you. יהוה does rule over you.”

Judges 9:18

but you have risen up against my father’s house today, and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and set up Aḇimeleḵ, the son of his female servant, to reign over the masters of Sheḵem, because he is your brother –

1 Samuel 10:19

“And today you have rejected your Elohim, who Himself saved you out of all your evils and your distresses. And you have said to Him, ‘No, but set a sovereign over us!’ And now, present yourselves before יהוה by your tribes and by your clans.”

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.