KJV King James Version
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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1 Samuel 12:1
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
WEB World English Bible
Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
ASV American Standard Version
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samuel saith unto all Israel, ‘Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 12
1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
3 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשְׁמוּאֵל֙H8050 · she.mu.elSamuelאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelהִנֵּה֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdשָׁמַ֣עְתִּיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְקֹֽלְכֶ֔םH6963 · qolvoiceלְכֹ֥לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םH559 · a.marto sayלִ֑יH9030 · nimeוָאַמְלִ֥יךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignעֲלֵיכֶ֖םH5921 · aluponמֶֽלֶךְ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.1 Samuel 11:14-15Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance?1 Samuel 8:5-8And 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.1 Samuel 8:19-22Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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