1 Samuel 12:10-14

New International Version

¹⁰ They cried^(A) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken^(B) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.^(C) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ ¹¹ Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,^[a](D) Barak,^[b](E) Jephthah^(F) and Samuel,^[c](G) 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^(H) king^(I) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule^(J) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. ¹³ Now here is the king^(K) you have chosen, the one you asked^(L) for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. ¹⁴ If you fear^(M) the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel^(N) against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good!