1Samuel 12
12And 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.H8050H559H3478H8085H6963H559H4427H44282And 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.H4428H1980H6440H2204H7867H1121H1980H6440H5271H31173Behold, 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. / bribe: Heb. ransom / to blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at himH6030H3068H4899H7794H3947H2543H3947H6231H7533H3027H3724H5956H5869H77254And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.H559H6231H7533H3947H3972H376H30275And 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.H559H3068H5707H4899H5707H3117H4672H3972H3027H559H57076And 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. / advanced: or, madeH8050H559H5971H3068H6213H4872H175H5927H1H5927H776H47147Now 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. / righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits / to: Heb. withH3320H8199H6440H3068H6666H3068H6213H18When 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.H3290H935H4714H1H2199H3068H3068H7971H4872H175H3318H1H4714H3427H47259And 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.H7911H3068H430H4376H3027H5516H8269H6635H2674H3027H6430H3027H4428H4124H389810And 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.H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H3068H5647H1168H6252H5337H3027H341H564711And 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.H3068H7971H3378H917H3316H8050H5337H3027H341H5439H3427H98312And 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.H7200H5176H4428H1121H5983H935H559H4428H4427H3068H430H442813Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.H4428H977H7592H3068H5414H442814If 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: / commandment: Heb. mouth / continue…: Heb. be afterH3372H3068H5647H8085H6963H4784H6310H3068H4428H4427H310H3068H43015But 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.H8085H6963H3068H4784H6310H3068H3027H3068H116Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.H1571H3320H7200H1419H1697H3068H6213H586917Is 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.H2406H7105H3117H7121H3068H5414H6963H4306H3045H7200H7451H7227H6213H5869H3068H7592H442818So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.H8050H7121H3068H3068H5414H6963H4306H3117H5971H3966H3372H3068H805019And 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.H5971H559H8050H6419H5650H3068H430H4191H3254H2403H7451H7592H442820And 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;H8050H559H5971H3372H6213H7451H5493H310H3068H5647H3068H382421And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.H5493H310H8414H3276H5337H841422For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.H3068H5203H5971H1419H8034H2974H3068H6213H597123Moreover 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: / in: Heb. fromH595H2486H2398H3068H2308H6419H3384H2896H3477H187024Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. / how…: or, what a great thingH3372H3068H5647H571H3824H7200H143125But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.H7489H7489H5595H4428
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