1 Samuel 12:10-12

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ Then they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, for we abandoned the Lord and worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Now rescue us from the power of our enemies,^(A) and we will serve you.’ ¹¹ So the Lord sent Jerubbaal,^(B) Barak,^[a](C) Jephthah,^(D) and Samuel.^(E) He rescued you from the power of the enemies around you, and you lived securely. ¹² But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was coming against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king reign over us’—even though the Lord your God is your king.