1 Samuel 12:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Lo! I have hearkened unto your voice, in all that ye said to me,––and have set over you a king.

⁵ and said unto him––Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations. ⁶ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh. ⁷ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,––for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them. ⁸ According to all the doings which they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt, even until this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so, are they doing even unto thee.

¹⁹ But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel,––and they said––Nay! but, a king, shall be over us: ²⁰ so shall, even we, become like all the nations,––and our king shall judge us, and go forth before us, and fight our battles. ²¹ And Samuel heard all the words of the people,––and spake them in the ears of Yahweh. ²² And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: Go ye, every man to his own city.

¹ Then took Samuel a flask of oil, and poured out upon his head, and kissed him,––and said––Is it not, that Yahweh hath anointed thee over his inheritance, as leader?

²⁴ And Samuel said unto all the people––Have ye seen him whom Yahweh hath chosen, that there is none like him, among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said––Let the king live!

¹⁴ Then said Samuel unto the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal,––and let us there renew the kingdom. ¹⁵ So all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul king there, before Yahweh, in Gilgal, and offered there sacrifices of peace–offerings before Yahweh,––and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced there, exceedingly.