📖WEB · 1 Samuel 12:1
What does 1 Samuel 12:1 mean?
"Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you."
— 1 Samuel 12:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
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Biblical perspective
What does 1212 mean in the Bible?
The number 12 is deeply significant in the Bible — 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles — but 1212 as a repeating sign isn't a biblical concept. What the Bible says about wholeness and community is far richer.
1 Corinthians 12:12 is a direct verse about unity and the body of Christ — 12 appearing twice in the reference itself.
1 Corinthians 12:12
"For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ."
Revelation 21:12
"It had a great and high wall; with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel."
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