13And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.


In Context

10 and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.

11 'And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.

12 And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God is your king!

13 And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.

14 If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been — both ye and the king who hath reigned over you — after Jehovah your God.

15 And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah — then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.

1 Samuel 12:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, [and] whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.