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.

King James Bible
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.

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.

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,

1 Samuel 12:1 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

And Samuel said - It is very likely that it was at this public meeting Samuel delivered the following address; no other time seems to be given for it, and this is the most proper that could be chosen.

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Behold

1 Samuel 8:5-8,19-22 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations...

have made

1 Samuel 10:1,24 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said...

1 Samuel 11:14,15 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there...

1 Samuel 12:1 Parallel Commentaries
Appointed Cause Ear Hearkened Israel Reign Samuel Voice
Appointed Cause Ear Hearkened Israel Reign Samuel Voice
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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.