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I SAMUEL ยท Chapter 12
12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto
your voice in all that all of you said unto me, and have made a king over
you.
12:2 And now, behold, the king walks 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.
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.
12:4 And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither
have you taken ought of any man's hand.
12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that all of you have not found ought in my
hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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.
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.
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.
12:9 And when they forgotten about 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.
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 you.
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 all
of you dwelled safe.
12:12 And when all of you saw that Nahash the king of the children
of Ammon came against you, all of you said unto me, Nay; but a king shall
reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom all of you have chosen, and
whom all of you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over
you.
12:14 If all of you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his
voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both
all of you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the
LORD your God:
12:15 But if all of you 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.
12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD
will do before your eyes.
12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and
he shall send thunder and rain; that all of you may perceive and see that
your wickedness is great, which all of you have done in the sight of the
LORD, in asking you a king.
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.
12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for your servants unto
the LORD your God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins
this evil, to ask us a king.
12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: all of you have done
all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve
the LORD with all your heart;
12:21 And turn all of you not aside: for then should all of you go
after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's
sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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:
12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart:
for consider how great things he has done for you.
12:25 But if all of you shall still do wickedly, all of you shall be
consumed, both all of you and your king.
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