1 Samuel 12:12

“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.

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WEBBE

“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king.

BSB

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’— even though the LORD your God was your king.

KJV

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

ASV

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

BBE

And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

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וַתִּרְאוּ va·tir·'u and you saw H7200 כִּי־ ki- that H3588 נָחָשׁ na·chash Nahash H5176 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh [the] king of H4428 בְּנֵי־ be·nei- [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן 'a·mon Ammon H5983 בָּא ba' [was] coming H935 עֲלֵיכֶם 'a·lei·khem on you H5921 וַתֹּאמְרוּ va·to·me·ru and you said H559 לִי li to (the) me H9030 לֹא lo' In- H3808 כִּי־ ki- deed H3588 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh a king H4428 יִמְלֹךְ yim·lokh he will reign H4427 עָלֵינוּ 'a·lei·nu over us H5921 וַיהוָה va·yah·weh and Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֵיכֶם 'e·lo·hei·khem God your H430 מַלְכְּכֶם mal·ke·khem [was] king your H4428

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–15

The work of ministers is to reason with people; not only to exhort and direct, but to persuade, to convince men's judgments, and so to gain their wills and affections. Samuel reasons of the righteous acts of the Lord. Those who follow God faithfully, he will enable to continue following him. Disobedience would certainly be the ruin of Israel. We mistake if we think that we can escape God's justice, by trying to shake off his dominion. If we resolve that God shall not rule us, yet he will judge us.

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Theocracy

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.