1 Samuel 12:11-13

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¹¹ And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak,^[a] and Jephthah, and Samson^[b] and rescued you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.^{(A) 12} But when you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.^{(B) 13} See, here is the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; see, the Lord has set a king over you.^(C)