1 Samuel 12:12
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“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.”1 Samuel 12:12
What Does 1 Samuel 12:12 Mean?
1 Samuel 12:12 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 12, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 12:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 11:1“Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.”Judges 8:23“And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.”1 Samuel 10:19“And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.”1 Samuel 8:5“And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”Genesis 17:7“And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.”Proverbs 24:21“My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:”Acts 13:21“And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.”Exodus 19:5“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”Numbers 22:20“And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.”Numbers 23:21“He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.”Judges 2:17“And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.”Judges 8:22“Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.”Judges 9:18“And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)”Judges 9:56“Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:”1 Samuel 8:3“And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.”1 Samuel 8:19“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”1 Chronicles 19:1“Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.”Psalms 74:12“For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.”Isaiah 33:22“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.”Jeremiah 40:11“Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;”
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