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1
Then Samuel
said
to all
Israel,
"Behold,
I have listened
to your voice
in all
that you
said
to me and I have appointed
a king
over
you.
2
"Now,
here
is the king
walking
before
you, but I am old
and gray,
and behold
my sons
are with you. And I have walked
before
you from my youth
even
to this
day.
3
"Here
I am; bear witness
against me before
the LORD
and His anointed.
Whose
ox
have I taken
,
or whose
donkey
have I taken
,
or whom
have I defrauded?
Whom
have I oppressed,
or from whose
hand
have I taken
a bribe
to blind
my eyes
with it? I will restore
it to you."
4
They said,
"You have not defrauded
us or oppressed
us or taken
anything
from any man's
hand."
5
He said
to them, "The LORD
is witness
against you, and His anointed
is witness
this
day
that you have found
nothing
in my hand."
And they said,
"He
is witness
."
6
Then Samuel
said
to the people,
"It is the LORD
who
appointed
Moses
and Aaron
and
who
brought
your fathers
up from the land
of Egypt.
7
"So now,
take your stand,
that I may plead
with you before
the LORD
concerning
all
the righteous acts
of
the LORD
which
He did
for you and your fathers.
8
"When
Jacob
went
into Egypt
and
your fathers
cried
out to the LORD,
then the LORD
sent
Moses
and Aaron
who brought
your fathers
out of Egypt
and settled
them in this
place.
9
"But they forgot
the LORD
their God,
so He sold
them into the hand
of Sisera,
captain
of the army
of Hazor,
and into the hand
of the Philistines
and into the hand
of the king
of Moab,
and they fought
against them.
10
"They cried
out to
the LORD
and said,
'We have sinned
because
we have forsaken
the LORD
and have served
the Baals
and the Ashtaroth;
but now
deliver
us from the hands
of our enemies,
and we will serve
You.'
11
"Then the LORD
sent
Jerubbaal
and Bedan
and Jephthah
and Samuel,
and delivered
you from the hands
of your enemies
all
around,
so that you lived
in security.
12
"When you saw
that Nahash
the king
of the sons
of Ammon
came
against
you, you said
to me, 'No,
but a king
shall reign
over
us,' although the LORD
your God
was your king.
13
"Now
therefore, here
is the king
whom
you have chosen,
whom
you have asked
for, and behold,
the LORD
has set
a king
over
you.
14
"If
you will fear
the LORD
and serve
Him, and listen
to His voice
and not rebel
against
the command
of
the LORD
,
then both
you and also
the king
who
reigns
over
you will follow
the LORD
your God.
15
"If
you will not listen
to the voice
of the LORD
,
but rebel
against
the command
of the LORD
,
then the hand
of the LORD
will be
against
you, as it was
against
your fathers.
16
"Even
now,
take your stand
and see
this
great
thing
which
the LORD
will do
before your eyes.
17
"Is it not the wheat
harvest
today?
I will call
to the LORD,
that He may send
thunder
and rain.
Then you will know
and see
that your wickedness
is great
which
you have done
in the sight
of the LORD
by asking
for yourselves a king."
18
So Samuel
called
to
the LORD
,
and
the LORD
sent
thunder
and rain
that day;
and all
the people
greatly
feared
the LORD
and Samuel.
19
Then all
the people
said
to Samuel,
"Pray
for your servants
to the LORD
your God,
so that we may not die,
for we have added
to all
our sins
this evil
by asking
for ourselves a king."
20
Samuel
said
to the people,
"Do not fear.
You have committed
all
this
evil,
yet
do not turn aside
from following
the LORD
,
but serve
the LORD
with
all
your heart.
21
"You must not turn aside,
for then you would go after
futile
things
which
can not profit
or deliver,
because
they are
futile
.
22
"For
the LORD
will not abandon
His people
on account
of His great
name,
because
the LORD
has been pleased
to make
you a people
for Himself.
23
"Moreover,
as for me, far
be it from me that I should sin
against the LORD
by ceasing
to pray
for you; but I will instruct
you in the good
and right
way.
24
"Only
fear
the LORD
and serve
Him in truth
with all
your heart;
for consider
what
great things He has done
for you.
25
"But if
you still
do wickedly,
both
you and your king
will be swept away."
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