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10 Then your ancestors cried to the Lord. They said, ‘We have sinned. We have left the Lord. We served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now save us from our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 The Lord sent Gideon, who is also called Jerub-Baal. And he sent Barak, Jephthah and Samuel. Then he saved you from your enemies around you. And you lived in safety. 12 But then you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you. You said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’

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10 They cried(A) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken(B) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.(C) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,[a](D) Barak,[b](E) Jephthah(F) and Samuel,[c](G) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

12 “But when you saw that Nahash(H) king(I) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(J) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 Also called Gideon
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
  3. 1 Samuel 12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson