1 Samuel 12:1
◄  1 Samuel 12:1  ►
New International Version (©2011)
Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then Samuel addressed all Israel: "I have done as you asked and given you a king.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have obeyed your voice in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then Samuel said to all Israel, "I have carefully listened to everything you said to me and placed a king over you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then Samuel told all Israel, "Take note! I've listened to you, to everything you have told me, and I've appointed a king over you.

NET Bible (©2006)
Samuel said to all Israel, "I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to everything you have said to me and appointed a king over you.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that you said unto me, and have made a king over you.

American King James Version
And 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

Darby Bible Translation
And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel said to all Israel, behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you.

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.

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,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-5 Samuel not only cleared his own character, but set an example before Saul, while he showed the people their ingratitude to God and to himself. There is a just debt which all men to their own good name, especially men in public stations, which is, to guard it against unjust blame and suspicions, that they may finish their course with honour, as well as with joy. And that we have in our places lived honestly, will be our comfort, under any slights and contempt that may be put upon us.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - I have hearkened unto your voice. See 1 Samuel 8:7, 9, 22.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel said unto all Israel,.... When assembled at Gilgal, after they had recognized Saul as their king, and he was established in the kingdom, and while in the midst of their mirth and joy:

behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye have said unto me; respecting the affair of a king, to which it must be limited, as appears by what follows; otherwise it is possible, in some things they might apply to him about, he did not think fit to hearken to them, and grant their request, or speak for them:

and have made a king over you; that is, had by the direction and appointment of God chosen one by lot, anointed and declared him king; for it was the Lord alone, that, properly speaking, made him a king.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 12

1Sa 12:1-5. Samuel Testifies his Integrity.

1-4. Samuel said unto all Israel—This public address was made after the solemn re-instalment of Saul, and before the convention at Gilgal separated. Samuel, having challenged a review of his public life, received a unanimous testimony to the unsullied honor of his personal character, as well as the justice and integrity of his public administration.

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Samuel's Farewell Address
1And 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. 2And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and gray headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. 3Behold, 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 my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. …

1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
1 Samuel 8:9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights."
1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the man the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people." Then the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
1 Samuel 11:14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship."
1 Samuel 11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.