1 Samuel 12:1

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• שְׁמוּאֵל֙Samuel

  shemuelH8050 →141 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• הִנֵּה֙here!

  hinehH2009 →843 times

• שָׁמַ֣עְתִּיI have listened

  shama'tiH8085 →1159 times

• בְקֹֽלְכֶ֔םto voice your

  vekolekhemH6963 →506 times

• לְכֹ֥לto all

  lekholH3605 →5413 times

• אֲשֶׁר־that

  ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

• אֲמַרְתֶּ֖םyou have said

  ʾamartemH559 →5305 times

• לִ֑יto <the> me

  li

• וָאַמְלִ֥יךְand I have made king

  vaamlikhH4427 →348 times

• עֲלֵיכֶ֖םover you

  ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times

• מֶֽלֶךְ׃a king

  melekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Samuel 10:1

  Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 16:13

    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…

  • Psalms 78:71

    from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

  • 1 Samuel 9:16

    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of…

  • Psalms 2:12

    Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

  • Acts 13:21

    Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

• Through

  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!”

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,”…

  • 1 Kings 1:39

    Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

  • 1 Kings 1:25

    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest.…