1 Samuel 12:13
Good News Translation
"Now here is the king you chose; you asked for him, and now the LORD has given him to you.

New Revised Standard Version
See, here is the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; see, the LORD has set a king over you.

Contemporary English Version
You asked for a king, and you chose one. Now he stands here where all of you can see him. But it was really the LORD who made him your king.

New American Bible
“Now here is the king you chose. See! The LORD has given you a king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now, therefore, your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

behold

1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.

1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

whom ye

1 Samuel 8:5 And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

1 Samuel 9:20 And as for the asses, which were lost three days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found. And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel? Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house?

have desired

Psalm 78:29-31 So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire: . . .

Hosea 13:11 I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.

Acts 13:21 And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
12But seeing that Naas, king of the children of Ammon, was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king. 13Now, therefore, your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.14If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord: then shall both you, and the king who reigneth over you, be followers of the Lord your God.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:5
And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

1 Samuel 9:20
And as for the asses, which were lost three days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found. And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel? Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house?

1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.

1 Samuel 12:17
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:19
And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.

Hosea 13:11
I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.

1 Samuel 12:12
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