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1SA-12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have
hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have
made a king over you.
1SA-12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am
old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I
have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
1SA-12:3 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD,
and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass
have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed?
or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes
therewith? and I will restore it you.
1SA-12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor
oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
1SA-12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against
you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not
found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.
1SA-12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, [It is] the LORD that
advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out
of the land of Egypt.
1SA-12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you
before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he
did to you and to your fathers.
1SA-12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried
unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought
forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this
place.
1SA-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.
1SA-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.
1SA-12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah,
and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on
every side, and ye dwelled safe.
1SA-12:12 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.
1SA-12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen,
[and] whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a
king over you.
1SA-12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his
voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then
shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue
following the LORD your God:
1SA-12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand
of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.
1SA-12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which
the LORD will do before your eyes.
1SA-12:17 [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the
LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive
and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in
the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
1SA-12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent
thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the
LORD and Samuel.
1SA-12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy
servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have
added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
1SA-12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have
done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the
LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
1SA-12:21 And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after
vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are]
vain.
1SA-12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great
name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his
people.
1SA-12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin
against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach
you the good and the right way:
1SA-12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all
your heart; for consider how great [things] he hath done for you.
1SA-12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be
consumed, both ye and your king.
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