Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7200 [e] וַתִּרְא֗וּ wat-tir-’ū, And when you saw Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp 3588 [e] כִּֽי־ kî- that Conj 5176 [e] נָחָ֞שׁ nā-ḥāš Nahash N-proper-ms 4428 [e] מֶ֣לֶךְ me-leḵ king N-msc 1121 [e] בְּנֵֽי־ bə-nê- of the N-mpc 5983 [e] עַמּוֹן֮ ‘am-mō-wn Ammonites N-proper-ms 935 [e] בָּ֣א bā came V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 5921 [e] עֲלֵיכֶם֒ ‘ă-lê-ḵem against you Prep | 2mp 559 [e] וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ wat-tō-mə-rū and you said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp   לִ֔י lî, to me Prep | 1cs 3808 [e] לֹ֕א lō No Adv-NegPrt 3588 [e] כִּי־ kî- but Conj 4428 [e] מֶ֖לֶךְ me-leḵ a king N-ms 4427 [e] יִמְלֹ֣ךְ yim-lōḵ shall reign V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 5921 [e] עָלֵ֑ינוּ ‘ā-lê-nū; over us Prep | 1cp 3068 [e] וַיהוָ֥ה Yah-weh when Yahweh Conj-w | N-proper-ms 430 [e] אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם ’ĕ-lō-hê-ḵem your God N-mpc | 2mp 4428 [e] מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ mal-kə-ḵem. [was] your king N-msc | 2mp

New American Standard Bible
"When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king.

King James Bible
And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, 'No, we must have a king rule over us--even though the LORD your God is your king.

Nahash

1 Samuel 11:1,2 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: …

Nay

1 Samuel 8:3,5,6,19,20 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, …

Judges 9:18,56,57 And you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have …

when the Lord

1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in …

1 Samuel 10:19 And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out …

Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed …

Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …

Numbers 23:21 He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness …

Judges 8:23 And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall …

Psalm 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth.

Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is …

Hosea 13:10 I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all …

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