NET

12 “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’—even though the Lord your God is your king.

Darby

12 But when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.

KJV

12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God [was] your king.

Strong's

12 And when ye saw^H7200 that Nahash^H5176 the king^H4428 of the children^H1121 of Ammon^H5983 came^H935 against you, ye said^H559 unto me, Nay; but a king^H4428 shall reign^H4427 over us: when the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 was your king^H4428.