I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
- BSB So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- NKJV I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.
- NASB I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.
- NLT In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.
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Quick answer
God gave Israel a king in his anger and took him away in his wrath. It shows that their monarchy itself was bound up with judgment.
Overview
This reflects God's displeasure at Israel's demand for a king and at the rebellious northern dynasties that followed. What they sought as security became part of their chastisement. The verse warns that gifts pursued apart from God's will can become instruments of his judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Sam 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- Prov 28:2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
- 1 Sam 16:1And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Sam 8:7–9And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
- Hos 10:3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
- 1 Kgs 14:7–16Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
- 1 Kgs 12:15–16Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Sam 12:13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
- 1 Sam 31:1–7Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
- 1 Kgs 12:26–32And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
- 1 Sam 15:22–23And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 2 Kgs 17:1–4In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
- Hos 10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
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