1 Samuel 12:11

⁹ But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

¹⁰ Then 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.’

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

¹² But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

¹³ Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
KJV: And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
WEB: The LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
ASV: And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.
DARBY: And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies round about, so that ye dwelt in safety.
BLB: And YHWH sent Jerubbaal, and Barak, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and He snatched you⁺ up out of the hand of your⁺ enemies on every side, and you⁺ dwelt in safety.

ÅB: Så sendte Herren Jerubba'al og Bedan[^1] og Jefta og Samuel og reddet dere av deres fienders hånd rundt omkring, så dere kunne bo trygt.
OTB: Da sendte Herren Jerubba’al og Bedan og Jefta og Samuel, og frelste dere fra deres fienders hånd på alle kanter, og dere bodde i trygghet.
B1930: Så sendte Herren Jerubba'al og Bedan og Jefta og Samuel og reddet eder av eders fienders hånd rundt omkring, så I kunde bo trygt. / < rimeligvis Barak, DMR 4, 6.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Judges 6:32
So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
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Judges 4:6
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
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Judges 6:14
The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
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Judges 8:35
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
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1 Samuel 7:13
So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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Judges 11:1–33
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
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Judges 8:29
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
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Judges 13:1–16
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
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