1 Samuel 12:10
in 1 Samuel 12Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
KJV
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he sold them into the hand of Sisera
on 1 Samuel 12:9-11
The judges named, Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah and Samuel, summarize a cycle of forgetting and crying out that Judges tells in full, with Sisera, the Philistines and the king of Moab standing for three separate deliverances. Bedan matches no judge by that name in the book of Judges, and some early witnesses read Barak instead, a difference of a few Hebrew letters that the older commentators note honestly without settling it. Samuel names himself last in his own list of deliverers, counting his own office among the Lord's saving acts, which Albert Barnes calls fitting rather than immodest given how recent that deliverance was.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 · Written before 604.
proposed
Enumerating these same mercies, he says: "How Jacob entered into Egypt, and our fathers cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and He brought our fathers out of Egypt, and settled them in this place. And because they forgot the Lord their God, He delivered them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Asshur, and into the hands of the Philistines, and of the king of Moab, and they fought against you.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they cried unto the Lord,....
Let not them imitate the sins of their fathers, for what they had done amiss they had many a time wished undone again. In the day of their distress they had sought unto God, and had promised to serve him; let their children then reckon that good at all times which they found good in bad times.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּ | vaiyizaku | and they cried out | H2199 → | 73 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | vaiyomer | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| חָטָ֔אנוּ | chatanu | we have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙ | ʾazavnu | we have forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַנַּעֲבֹ֥ד | vanaavod | and we have served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּעָלִ֖ים | habealim | the Baals | H1168 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת | haashtarot | the Ashtaroth | H6252 → | 12 times |
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| הַצִּילֵ֛נוּ | hatzilenu | deliver us | H5337 → | 212 times |
| מִיַּ֥ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֹיְבֵ֖ינוּ | ʾoyeveinu | enemies our | H341 → | 282 times |
| וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ | venaavdeka | so we may serve you | H5647 → | 288 times |
וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּand they cried out
vaiyizakuH2199 →73 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
חָטָ֔אנוּwe have sinned
chatanuH2398 →238 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עָזַ֙בְנוּ֙we have forsaken
ʾazavnuH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַנַּעֲבֹ֥דand we have served
vanaavodH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּעָלִ֖יםthe Baals
habealimH1168 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתthe Ashtaroth
haashtarotH6252 →12 times
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
הַצִּילֵ֛נוּdeliver us
hatzilenuH5337 →212 times
מִיַּ֥דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
אֹיְבֵ֖ינוּenemies our
ʾoyeveinuH341 →282 times
וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃so we may serve you
venaavdekaH5647 →288 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Judges 10:10Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
it leads to
- Psalms 107:28
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 107:19
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:13
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:28
Through
Judges 3:9But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
it leads to
- Judges 3:15
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Psalms 22:5
They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
- Judges 1:13
So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
- Judges 3:15
Through
Judges 2:13for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
it leads to
- Judges 10:6
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus…
- Judges 10:6
Through
Judges 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
it leads to
- Exodus 34:13
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
- Exodus 34:13
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.