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Samuel
Addresses Israel |
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| 1 Samuel 12:1 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:2 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:3 |
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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." |
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| 1 Samuel 12:4 |
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They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed
us or taken anything from any man's hand." |
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| 1 Samuel 12:5 |
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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." |
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| 1 Samuel 12:6 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:7 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:8 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:9 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:10 |
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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.' |
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| 1 Samuel 12:11 |
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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. |
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The
King Confirmed |
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| 1 Samuel 12:12 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:13 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:14 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:15 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:16 |
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Even now, take your stand and see this great
thing which the LORD will do before your eyes. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:17 |
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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." |
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| 1 Samuel 12:18 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:19 |
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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." |
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| 1 Samuel 12:20 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:21 |
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You must not turn aside, for then you would
go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:22 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:23 |
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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. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:24 |
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Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with
all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. |
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| 1 Samuel 12:25 |
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But if you still do wickedly, both you and your
king will be swept away." |
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