1 Samuel 12:13

Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

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WEBBE

Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

BSB

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

KJV

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

ASV

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.

BBE

Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

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וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and now H6258 הִנֵּה hi·neh here H2009 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher whom H834 בְּחַרְתֶּם be·char·tem you have chosen H977 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher whom H834 שְׁאֶלְתֶּם she·'el·tem you asked for H7592 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and here H2009 נָתַן na·tan he has set H5414 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 עֲלֵיכֶם 'a·lei·khem over you H5921 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh a king 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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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.