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First Book of Samuel, Chapter 12

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1 Samuel 12 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Samuel 12 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 12 of 1 Samuel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, 1I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I 2have [a]appointed a king over you.
  2. Now, 3here is the king walking before you, but 4I am old and gray, and behold 5my sons are with you. And 6I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
  3. Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and 7His anointed. 8Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or 9from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”
  4. They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”
  5. He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that 10you have found nothing 11in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”
  6. ¶ Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who [b]12appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
  7. So now, take your stand, 13that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did for you and your fathers.
  8. 14When Jacob went into Egypt and 15your fathers cried out to the LORD, then 16the LORD sent Moses and Aaron [c]17who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
  9. But 18they forgot the LORD their God, so 19He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and 20into the hand of the Philistines and 21into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
  10. 22They cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served 23the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but 24now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’
  11. Then the LORD sent 25Jerubbaal and [d]26Bedan and 27Jephthah and 28Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.
  12. ¶ When you saw 29that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘30No, but a king shall reign over us,’ 31although the LORD your God was your king.
  13. Now therefore, 32here is the king whom you have chosen, 33whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has set a king over you.
  14. 34If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [e]command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.
  15. 35If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the [f]command of the LORD, then 36the hand of the LORD will be against you, 37as it was against your fathers.
  16. Even now, 38take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
  17. 39Is it not the wheat harvest today? 40I will call to the LORD, that He may send [g]thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that 41your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king.”
  18. So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent [h]thunder and rain that day; and 42all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  19. ¶ Then all the people said to Samuel, “43Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins 44this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”
  20. Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet 45do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  21. You must not turn aside, for then you would go after 46futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.
  22. For 47the LORD will not abandon His people 48on account of His great name, because the LORD 49has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
  23. Moreover, as for me, 50far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but 51I will instruct you in the good and right way.
  24. 52Only [i]fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider 53what great things He has done for you.
  25. 54But if you still do wickedly, 55both you and your king 56will be swept away.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit made
  2. ^ Lit made
  3. ^ Lit and they brought
  4. ^ Gr and Syr read Barak
  5. ^ Lit mouth
  6. ^ Lit mouth
  7. ^ Lit sounds
  8. ^ Lit sounds
  9. ^ Or reverence

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 8:7, 9, 22
  2. ^ 1Sa 10:24; 11:14, 15
  3. ^ 1Sa 8:20
  4. ^ 1Sa 8:1, 5
  5. ^ 1Sa 8:3, 5
  6. ^ 1Sa 3:10, 19, 20
  7. ^ 1Sa 10:1; 24:6; 2Sa 1:14
  8. ^ Ex 20:17; Nu 16:15; Ac 20:33
  9. ^ Ex 23:8; De 16:19
  10. ^ Ac 23:9; 24:20
  11. ^ Ex 22:4
  12. ^ Ex 6:26; Mc 6:4
  13. ^ Eze 20:35; Mc 6:1-5
  14. ^ Ge 46:5, 6
  15. ^ Ex 2:23-25
  16. ^ Ex 3:10; 4:14-16
  17. ^ 1Sa 10:18
  18. ^ De 32:18; Jg 3:7
  19. ^ Jg 4:2
  20. ^ Jg 3:31; 10:7; 13:1
  21. ^ Jg 3:12-30
  22. ^ Jg 10:10
  23. ^ Jg 2:13; 3:7
  24. ^ Jg 10:15, 16
  25. ^ Jg 6:31, 32; 7:1
  26. ^ Jg 4:6; 11:1
  27. ^ Jg 11:29
  28. ^ 1Sa 3:20
  29. ^ 1Sa 11:1, 2
  30. ^ 1Sa 8:6, 19
  31. ^ Jg 8:23; 1Sa 8:7
  32. ^ 1Sa 10:24
  33. ^ 1Sa 8:5; 12:17, 19; Ho 13:11
  34. ^ Jos 24:14
  35. ^ Le 26:14, 15; Jos 24:20; Is 1:20
  36. ^ 1Sa 5:9
  37. ^ 1Sa 12:9
  38. ^ Ex 14:13, 31
  39. ^ Pr 26:1
  40. ^ 1Sa 7:9, 10; Jm 5:16ff
  41. ^ 1Sa 8:7
  42. ^ Ex 14:31
  43. ^ Ex 9:28; 1Sa 12:23; Je 15:1; 1Jo 5:16
  44. ^ 1Sa 12:17, 20
  45. ^ De 11:16
  46. ^ De 11:16; Is 41:29; Hab 2:18
  47. ^ De 31:6; 1Ki 6:13
  48. ^ Ex 32:12; Nu 14:13; Jos 7:9; Ps 106:8; Je 14:21
  49. ^ De 7:6-11; 1Pe 2:9
  50. ^ Ro 1:9; 1Co 9:16; Col 1:9; 1Th 3:10; 2Ti 1:3
  51. ^ 1Ki 8:36; Ps 34:11; Pr 4:11
  52. ^ Ec 12:13
  53. ^ De 10:21; Is 5:12
  54. ^ Is 1:20; 3:11
  55. ^ Jos 24:20
  56. ^ 1Sa 31:1-5; Ho 10:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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