1 Samuel 12:9

And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

Cross-references

1 Samuel 12:15 immediately reinforces the same principle: disobeying the Lord brings His hand against you.

Deuteronomy 32:18 uses the same charge of forgetting God, paralleling Israel's unfaithfulness described here.

Deuteronomy 32:30 uses the same 'sold them' language — God sells Israel into enemy hands because they forsook their Rock.

Judges 2:14 Parallel

Judges 2:14 describes the same pattern: 'the LORD sold them into the hand of their enemies' — the cycle summarized in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Judges 3:7 Parallel

Judges 3:7 explicitly states Israel forgot the Lord and served Baals, the cycle Samuel’s verse introduces.

Judges 3:8 Parallel

Judges 3:8 gives a specific instance: 'the LORD sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim' — one of the examples behind 1 Samuel 12:9.

Judges 4:2 Parallel

Judges 4:2 records the exact event: 'the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin… whose commander was Sisera' — quoted in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Judges 10:7 Parallel

Judges 10:7 records another instance: 'the LORD sold them into the hand of the Philistines and Ammonites' — mirroring the pattern in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Judges 13:1 Parallel

Judges 13:1 continues the cycle: 'the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines' — a further example of the selling language in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Psalm 106:21 repeats the same charge: 'They forgot God their Savior' — directly echoing Israel's forgetfulness in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Jeremiah 2:32 laments 'my people have forgotten me' — a direct parallel to Israel forgetting the LORD in 1 Samuel 12:9.

Psalm 106:43 summarizes the same cycle: many times God delivered them, but they rebelled and were brought low.

2 Samuel 7:11 contrasts the judges’ era of oppression with God’s promise to give David rest from all enemies.

Isaiah 63:10 echoes this pattern: rebellion grieves God’s Spirit, so He becomes their enemy and fights against them.

Isaiah 50:1 Parallel

Isaiah 50:1 uses 'sold' metaphorically for exile due to sin — a parallel theme of God selling his people for their iniquities.