1 Samuel 12:1
New International Version
Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and have set a king over you.

New Living Translation
Then Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have done as you asked and given you a king.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

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.

New King James Version
Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

New American Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice for all that you said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.

NASB 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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in everything that you have said to me and have appointed a king over you.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have carefully listened to everything you said to me and placed a king over you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have carefully listened to everything you said to me and placed 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shemueil said to all Israel: “Behold, I have listened to your voice, all that you have told me, and I have crowned a King over you

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all things that ye have said to me, and I have set a king over you.

Contemporary English Version
Samuel told the Israelites: I have given you a king, just as you asked.

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.

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.

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

Good News Translation
Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, "I have done what you asked me to do. I have given you a king to rule you,

International Standard Version
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.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And Samuel says to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice, to all that you said to me, and I cause a king to reign over you,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

New American Bible
Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have granted your request in every respect,” he said. “I have set a king over you

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

New Revised Standard Version
Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to you in all that you have said to me, and have set a king over you.

New Heart English Bible
Samuel said to all Israel, "Look, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to 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,

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Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
1Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king. 2Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 8:7
And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

1 Samuel 8:9
Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them."

1 Samuel 10:24
Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"

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

1 Samuel 11:15
So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

Behold

1 Samuel 8:5-8,19-22
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy 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 upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? …

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

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(1) And Samuel said unto all Israel.--We believe we possess in this section of our history, in the report the compiler of these memoirs has given us of the dialogue between the judge Samuel and the elders of Israel at the solemn assembly of Gilgal, many of the very words spoken on this momentous occasion by the old man. It is doubtless a true and detailed account of all that took place on that day--the real inauguration of the earthly monarchy; that great change in the life of Israel which became of vast importance in the succeeding generations. In such a recital the words used by that grand old man, who belonged both to the old order of things and to the new, who was the link between the judges and the kings--the link which joined men like Eleazar, the grandson of Aaron, Gideon, and Jephthah, heroes half-veiled in the mists which so quickly gather round an unlettered past, with men like David and Solomon, round whose lives no mist will ever gather--the words used by that old man, who, according to the cherished tradition in Israel, was the accredited minister of the invisible King when the Eternal made over the sovereignty to Saul, would surely be treasured up with a jealous care. This gives an especial and peculiar interest to the present chapter, which contains the summary of the proceedings of the Gilgal assembly. The old judge Samuel, with the hero-king Saul standing by his side, presents the king to the people of the Lord under the title of the "Anointed of the Eternal," and then in a few pathetic words speaks first of his own pure and upright past. The elders reply to his moving words. Then he rehearses the glorious acts of the Eternal King, and repeats how He, over and over again, delivered the people from the miseries into which their own sins had plunged them; and yet, in full memory of all this, says the indignant old man, "in the place of this invisible Ruler, so full of mercy and pity, you asked for an earthly king. The Lord has granted your petition now. Behold your king !" pointing to Saul at his side.--The old man continues: "Even after your ingratitude to the true King, still He will be with you and the man He has chosen for you, if only you and he are obedient to the old well-known Divine commandments." At this juncture Samuel strengthens his argument by invoking a sign from heaven. Awe-struck and appalled, the assembled elders, confessing their sin, ask for Samuel's prayers. The old prophet closes the solemn scene with a promise that his intercession for king and people shall never cease.

Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.--This should be compared with 1Samuel 8:7; 1Samuel 8:19-20; 1Samuel 8:22, where the proceedings of the deputation of the people to Samuel at Ramah are related at length. Their wishes expressed on that public occasion had been scrupulously carried out by him. He would now say a few words respecting the past, as regards his (Samuel's) administration, would ask the assembled elders of the nation a few grave questions, and then would leave them with their king. The account, as we possess it, of these proceedings at Gilgal on the occasion of the national reception of Saul as king, is in the form of a dialogue between the prophet Samuel and the elders of the people.

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

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

“I have listened
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי (šā·ma‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

to your voice
בְקֹֽלְכֶ֔ם (ḇə·qō·lə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

in all
לְכֹ֥ל (lə·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that you have said
אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (’ă·mar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to me,
לִ֑י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

and I have set
וָאַמְלִ֥יךְ (wā·’am·lîḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over you
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a king.
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king


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