◄ 1 Samuel 12:1 ►
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Good News Translation
Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, "I have done what you asked me to do. I have given you a king to rule you,

New Revised Standard Version
Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to you in all that you have said to me, and have set a king over you.

Contemporary English Version
Samuel told the Israelites: I have given you a king, just as you asked.

New American Bible
Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have granted your request in every respect,” he said. “I have set a king over you

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

Behold

1 Samuel 8:5-8,19-22 And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have. . . .

have made

1 Samuel 10:1,24 And Samuel took a little vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: Behold, the Lord hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance, and thou shalt deliver his people out of the hands of their enemies, that are round about them. And this shall be a sign unto thee, that God hath anointed thee to be prince. . . .

1 Samuel 11:14,15 And Samuel said to the people: Come, and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there. . . .

Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
1And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.2And now the king goeth before you: but I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you: having then conversed with you from my youth until this day, behold here I am.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Samuel 8:9
Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.

1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.

1 Samuel 11:14
And Samuel said to the people: Come, and let us go to Galgal, and let us renew the kingdom there.

1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

1 Samuel 11:15
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