1 Samuel 15:17
New King James Version
17 So Samuel said, (A)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 9:21
New King James Version
21 And Saul answered and said, (A)“Am I not a Benjamite, of the (B)smallest of the tribes of Israel, and (C)my family the least of all the families of the [a]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Samuel 9:21 Lit. tribes
1 Samuel 10:22
New King James Version
22 Therefore they (A)inquired of the Lord further, “Has the man come here yet?”
And the Lord answered, “There he is, hidden among the equipment.”
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 10:1
New King James Version
Samuel Anoints Saul
10 Then (A)Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, (B)and kissed him and said: “Is it not because (C)the Lord has anointed you commander over (D)His [a]inheritance?
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Samuel 10:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX people Israel; and you shall rule the people of the Lord; LXX, Vg. add And you shall deliver His people from the hands of their enemies all around them. And this shall be a sign to you, that God has anointed you to be a prince.
Matthew 18:4
New King James Version
4 (A)Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Read full chapter
1 Samuel 15:1-3
New King James Version
Saul Spares King Agag
15 Samuel also said to Saul, (A)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, (B)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and (C)attack[a] Amalek, and (D)utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Lit. strike
Judges 6:15
New King James Version
15 So he said to Him, “O [a]my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed (A)my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Judges 6:15 Heb. Adonai, used of God
Hosea 13:1
New King James Version
Relentless Judgment on Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.