1Samuel 12 - Prayer Tents

Samuel Addresses Israel

12Then 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.H8050H559H3478H8085H6963H559H4427H44282"And 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.H4428H1980H6440H2204H7867H1121H1980H6440H5271H31173"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."H6030H3068H4899H7794H3947H2543H3947H6231H7533H3027H3724H5956H5869H77254And they said, "You have not defrauded us, or oppressed us, or taken anything from any man's hand."H559H6231H7533H3947H3972H376H30275And 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."H559H3068H5707H4899H5707H3117H4672H3972H3027H559H57076Then 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.H8050H559H5971H3068H6213H4872H175H5927H1H5927H776H47147"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.H3320H8199H6440H3068H6666H3068H6213H18"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.H3290H935H4714H1H2199H3068H3068H7971H4872H175H3318H1H4714H3427H47259"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.H7911H3068H430H4376H3027H5516H8269H6635H2674H3027H6430H3027H4428H4124H389810"And 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 Thee.'H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H3068H5647H1168H6252H5337H3027H341H564711"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.H3068H7971H3378H917H3316H8050H5337H3027H341H5439H3427H983

The King Confirmed

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.H7200H5176H4428H1121H5983H935H559H4428H4427H3068H430H442813"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.H4428H977H7592H3068H5414H442814"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.H3372H3068H5647H8085H6963H4784H6310H3068H4428H4427H310H3068H43015"And 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.H8085H6963H3068H4784H6310H3068H3027H3068H116"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.H1571H3320H7200H1419H1697H3068H6213H586917"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."H2406H7105H3117H7121H3068H5414H6963H4306H3045H7200H7451H7227H6213H5869H3068H7592H442818So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.H8050H7121H3068H3068H5414H6963H4306H3117H5971H3966H3372H3068H805019Then 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."H5971H559H8050H6419H5650H3068H430H4191H3254H2403H7451H7592H442820And 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.H8050H559H5971H3372H6213H7451H5493H310H3068H5647H3068H382421"And you must not turn aside, for [then you would go] after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.H5493H310H8414H3276H5337H841422"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.H3068H5203H5971H1419H8034H2974H3068H6213H597123"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.H595H2486H2398H3068H2308H6419H3384H2896H3477H187024"Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.H3372H3068H5647H571H3824H7200H143125"But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king shall be swept away."H7489H7489H5595H4428