--- title: "1 Samuel 12 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/1-samuel/12/ description: "Samuel's integrity is acknowledged. God sheweth by a sign from heaven that… 1 Samuel 12 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate." --- # 1 Samuel 12 1 Samuel 12 is chapter 12 of 31 in the First Book of Samuel. Here are all 25 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them. > Samuel's integrity is acknowledged. God sheweth by a sign from heaven that they had done ill in asking for a king. > > — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary ## 1 Samuel 12 (Catholic Public Domain Version) 1. Then Samuel said to all of Israel: “Behold, I have listened to your voice, according to all that you have said to me, and I have appointed a king over you. 2. And now the king advances before you. But I am old and have gray hair. Moreover, my sons are with you. And so, having conversed before you from my youth, even until this day, behold, I am here. 3. Speak about me before the Lord, and before his Christ, as to whether I have taken anyone’s ox or donkey, or whether I have falsely accused anyone, or whether I have oppressed anyone, or whether I have accepted a bribe from the hand of anyone, and I will repudiate the same, this day, and I will restore it to you.” 4. And they said, “You have not falsely accused us, nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from the hand of anyone.” 5. And he said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and his Christ is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is the witness.” 6. And Samuel said to the people: “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who led our fathers away from the land of Egypt. 7. Now therefore, stand, so that I may contend in judgment against you before the Lord, about all the mercies of the Lord, which he has given to you and to your fathers: 8. How Jacob entered into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the Lord. And the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and he led your fathers away from Egypt, and he transferred them to this place. 9. But they forgot the Lord their God, and so he delivered them into the hand of Sisera, master of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them. 10. But afterward, they cried out to the Lord, and they said: ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and we have served the Baals and Ashtaroth. Now therefore, rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11. And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and he rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in confidence. 12. Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, ‘By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,’ even though the Lord your God was reigning over you. 13. Now therefore, your king is present, whom you chose and requested. Behold, the Lord has given you a king. 14. If you will fear the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not provoke the mouth of the Lord, then both you, and the king who rules over you, will be following the Lord your God. 15. But if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but instead you provoke his words, then the hand of the Lord will be over you and over your fathers. 16. Therefore, stand now, and see this great thing, which the Lord will accomplish in your sight. 17. Is it not the harvest of the wheat today? I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. And you will know and see that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, by petitioning for a king over you.” 18. And Samuel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain on that day. 19. And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. And all the people said to Samuel: “Pray, on behalf of your servants, to the Lord your God, so that we may not die. For we have added to all our sins this evil, that we would petition for a king.” 20. Then Samuel said to the people: “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet truly, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord with all your heart. 21. And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty. 22. And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people. 23. So then, far be it from me, this sin against the Lord, that I would cease to pray for you. And so, I will teach you the good and upright way. 24. Therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you. 25. But if you persevere in wickedness, both you and your king will perish together.” ## 1 Samuel 12 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592) 1. Dixit autem Samuel ad universum Israël: Ecce audivi vocem vestram juxta omnia quæ locuti estis ad me, et constitui super vos regem. 2. Et nunc rex graditur ante vos: ego autem senui, et incanui: porro filii mei vobiscum sunt: itaque conversatus coram vobis ab adolescentia mea usque ad hanc diem, ecce præsto sum. 3. Loquimini de me coram Domino, et coram christo ejus, utrum bovem cujusquam tulerim, aut asinum: si quempiam calumniatus sum, si oppressi aliquem, si de manu cujusquam munus accepi: et contemnam illud hodie, restituamque vobis. 4. Et dixerunt: Non es calumniatus nos, neque oppressisti, neque tulisti de manu alicujus quippiam. 5. Dixitque ad eos: Testis est Dominus adversum vos, et testis christus ejus in die hac, quia non inveneritis in manu mea quippiam. Et dixerunt: Testis. 6. Et ait Samuel ad populum: Dominus, qui fecit Moysen et Aaron, et eduxit patres nostros de terra Ægypti. 7. Nunc ergo state, ut judicio contendam adversum vos coram Domino de omnibus misericordiis Domini quas fecit vobiscum et cum patribus vestris: 8. quomodo Jacob ingressus est in Ægyptum, et clamaverunt patres vestri ad Dominum: et misit Dominus Moysen et Aaron, et eduxit patres vestros de Ægypto, et collocavit eos in loco hoc. 9. Qui obliti sunt Domini Dei sui, et tradidit eos in manu Sisaræ magistri militiæ Hasor, et in manu Philisthinorum, et in manu regis Moab: et pugnaverunt adversum eos. 10. Postea autem clamaverunt ad Dominum, et dixerunt: Peccavimus, quia dereliquimus Dominum, et servivimus Baalim et Astaroth: nunc ergo erue nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum, et serviemus tibi. 11. Et misit Dominus Jerobaal, et Badan, et Jephte, et Samuel, et eruit vos de manu inimicorum vestrorum per circuitum, et habitastis confidenter. 12. Videntes autem quod Naas rex filiorum Ammon venisset adversum vos, dixistis mihi: Nequaquam, sed rex imperabit nobis: cum Dominus Deus vester regnaret in vobis. 13. Nunc ergo præsto est rex vester, quem elegistis et petistis: ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem. 14. Si timueritis Dominum, et servieritis ei, et audieritis vocem ejus, et non exasperaveritis os Domini, eritis et vos, et rex qui imperat vobis, sequentes Dominum Deum vestrum: 15. si autem non audieritis vocem Domini, sed exasperaveritis sermones ejus, erit manus Domini super vos, et super patres vestros. 16. Sed et nunc state, et videte rem istam grandem quam facturus est Dominus in conspectu vestro. 17. Numquid non messis tritici est hodie? invocabo Dominum, et dabit voces et pluvias: et scietis, et videbitis, quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini, petentes super vos regem. 18. Et clamavit Samuel ad Dominum, et dedit Dominus voces et pluvias in illa die. 19. Et timuit omnis populus nimis Dominum et Samuelem, et dixit universus populus ad Samuelem: Ora pro servis tuis ad Dominum Deum tuum, ut non moriamur: addidimus enim universis peccatis nostris malum, ut peteremus nobis regem. 20. Dixit autem Samuel ad populum: Nolite timere: vos fecistis universum malum hoc, verumtamen nolite recedere a tergo Domini, sed servite Domino in omni corde vestro. 21. Et nolite declinare post vana, quæ non proderunt vobis, neque eruent vos, quia vana sunt. 22. Et non derelinquet Dominus populum suum propter nomen suum magnum: quia juravit Dominus facere vos sibi populum. 23. Absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Dominum, ut cessem orare pro vobis, et docebo vos viam bonam et rectam. 24. Igitur timete Dominum, et servite ei in veritate, et ex toto corde vestro: vidistis enim magnifica quæ in vobis gesserit. 25. Quod si perseveraveritis in malitia, et vos et rex vester pariter peribitis. ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va. - CCC ¶ 2578: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM)) ## Bishop Challoner's notes Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording. - Verse 11: That is, Gedeon and Samson called here Badan or Bedan, because he was of Dan. - Verse 17: At which time of the year, it never thunders or rains in those countries. Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).