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1 Samuel 12:6-12
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1 Samuel 12:6-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Samuel Admonishes the People. 6 Samuel continued: “The Lord is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.(A) 7 Now take your stand, that I may judge you in the presence of the Lord according to all the gracious acts that the Lord has done for you and your ancestors. 8 When Jacob and his sons went to Egypt and the Egyptians oppressed them, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord then sent Moses and Aaron to bring them out of Egypt and settled them in this place.(B) 9 But they forgot the Lord their God; and so the Lord sold them into the power of Sisera, the captain of the army of Hazor, the power of the Philistines, and the power of the king of Moab, who made war against them.(C) 10 They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned because we abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and Astartes. Now deliver us from the power of our enemies, and we will serve you.’(D) 11 The Lord sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel; he delivered you from the power of your enemies on every side, so that you could live in security.(E) 12 Yet, when you saw Nahash, king of the Ammonites, advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king must rule us,’ even though the Lord your God is your king.(F)
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1 Samuel 12:6-12
New International Version
1 Samuel 12:6-12
New International Version
6 Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought(A) your ancestors up out of Egypt. 7 Now then, stand(B) here, because I am going to confront(C) you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts(D) performed by the Lord for you and your ancestors.
8 “After Jacob(E) entered Egypt, they cried(F) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent(G) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9 “But they forgot(H) the Lord their God; so he sold them(I) into the hand of Sisera,(J) the commander of the army of Hazor,(K) and into the hands of the Philistines(L) and the king of Moab,(M) who fought against them. 10 They cried(N) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken(O) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.(P) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,[a](Q) Barak,[b](R) Jephthah(S) and Samuel,[c](T) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.
12 “But when you saw that Nahash(U) king(V) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(W) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 12:11 Also called Gideon
- 1 Samuel 12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
- 1 Samuel 12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson
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