1 Samuel 12:10
And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
Cross-reference
Judges 2:13 describes Israel forsaking the LORD to serve Baal and Ashtaroth—the very sin confessed in this verse.
Judges 3:7 records Israel doing evil and serving Baals, the same apostasy that prompts the cry for deliverance here.
Judges 3:9 records the first such cry after Othniel — God raised a deliverer when they cried out.
Judges 3:15 shows the same cry leading to Ehud’s deliverance from Moabite oppression.
Judges 4:3 describes the cry of Israel under Sisera’s cruel oppression, answered by Deborah and Barak.
Judges 10:10 contains the identical confession: 'We have sinned... forsaking our God and serving the Baals.' This is a direct parallel to the pattern Samuel summarizes.
Judges 10:7 shows the consequence of serving Baals — God handing Israel to enemies — the very situation the people confess in 1 Samuel 12:10.
Nehemiah 9:27 summarizes the cycle of crying out to God in distress and receiving deliverance — exactly the pattern seen in 1 Samuel 12:10.
Jeremiah 2:13 echoes the same charge of forsaking the Lord, using the metaphor of broken cisterns to depict Israel's sin.
1 Kings 11:5 mentions Ashtoreth, the same goddess Israel served in 1 Samuel 12:10 — showing persistent idolatry.
2 Kings 23:13 records Josiah's destruction of high places for Ashtoreth — the same idol Israel served in 1 Samuel 12:10.