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1Sa 12:13 — Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, [and] whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

behold		1Sa 10:24; 1Sa 11:15
whom ye		1Sa 8:5; 1Sa 9:20
have desired		Psa 78:29-31; Hsa 13:11; Act 13:21

Correlating Passages

behold

	1Sa 10:24	And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
	1Sa 11:15	And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

whom ye

	1Sa 8:5	And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
	1Sa 9:20	And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

have desired

	Psa 78:29	So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
	Psa 78:30	They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat [was] yet in their mouths,
	Psa 78:31	The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.
	Hsa 13:11	I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
	Act 13:21	And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 12:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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