1 Samuel 12:12-18

English Standard Version

¹²And when you saw that ^(A)Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, ^(B)you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ ^(C)when the Lord your God was your king. ¹³And now ^(D)behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, ^(E)the Lord has set a king over you. ¹⁴If you will ^(F)fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. ¹⁵But ^(G)if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then ^(H)the hand of the Lord will be against you and ^(I)your king.^[a] ¹⁶Now therefore ^(J)stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes. ¹⁷^(K)Is it not wheat harvest today? ^(L)I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that ^(M)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.” ¹⁸So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, ^(N)and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

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1 Samuel 12:15 Septuagint; Hebrew fathers

1 Samuel 12:12-18

New International Version

¹²“But when you saw that Nahash^(A) king^(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule^(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. ¹³Now here is the king^(D) you have chosen, the one you asked^(E) for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. ¹⁴If you fear^(F) the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel^(G) against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good! ¹⁵But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against^(H) his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

¹⁶“Now then, stand still^(I) and see^(J) this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! ¹⁷Is it not wheat harvest^(K) now? I will call^(L) on the Lord to send thunder^(M) and rain.^(N) And you will realize what an evil^(O) thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”