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1Samuel 12
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Samuel’s Farewell

12Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Take note! I've listened to you, to everything you have said to me, and I've appointed a king over you.H8050H559H3478H8085H6963H559H4427H4428
2Now here is the king walking before you, while I'm old and gray, and my sons are with you. I've walked before you from my youth until this day.H4428H1980H6440H2204H7867H1121H1980H6440H5271H3117
3Here I am. Testify against me in the Lord's presence and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken?Who have I cheated?Who have I oppressed?Who bribed me to look the other way?I'll restore it to you."H6030H3068H4899H7794H3947H2543H3947H6231H7533H3027H3724H5956H5869H7725
4They said, "You haven't cheated us or oppressed us, and you haven't taken anything from anyone's hand."H559H6231H7533H3947H3972H376H3027
5He said to them, "Today the Lord is testifying, along with his anointed, that you haven't found any bribes in my possession." They said, "He's a witness."H559H3068H5707H4899H5707H3117H4672H3972H3027H559H5707
6Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up out of the land of Egypt.H8050H559H5971H3068H6213H4872H175H5927H1H5927H776H4714
7Now stand up and I'll pass judgment on you in light of the Lord's righteous acts that he did for you and your ancestors.H3320H8199H6440H3068H6666H3068H6213H1
8After Jacob went to Egypt, and your ancestors cried out to the Lord, he sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.H3290H935H4714H1H2199H3068H3068H7971H4872H175H3318H1H4714H3427H4725
9But they forgot the Lord their God, so he handed them over to the domination of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into domination by the Philistines and by the king of Moab, and Israel fought against them.H7911H3068H430H4376H3027H5516H8269H6635H2674H3027H6430H3027H4428H4124H3898
10"Then they cried out to the Lord: 'We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.'H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H3068H5647H1168H6252H5337H3027H341H5647
11Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel and he delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived securely.H3068H7971H3378H917H3316H8050H5337H3027H341H5439H3427H983
12But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was coming to fight you, you said to me, 'No, let a king rule over us instead,' even though the Lord your God was your king.11H7200H5176H4428H1121H5983H935H559H4428H4427H3068H430H4428
13"Now, here is the king you have chosen, the one whom you asked for. See, the Lord has appointed a king over you.H4428H977H7592H3068H5414H4428
14If you fear the Lord, serve him, obey him, and don't rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then both you and the king who rules over you will truly follow the Lord your God.H3372H3068H5647H8085H6963H4784H6310H3068H4428H4427H310H3068H430
15But if you don't obey the Lord and rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the Lord will turn against you as he did against your ancestors.1214H8085H6963H3068H4784H6310H3068H3027H3068H1
16"Now then, stand up and see this great thing that the Lord is about to do before your eyes.H1571H3320H7200H1419H1697H3068H6213H5869
17Is it not the wheat harvest today?I'll call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. Then you will know and understand that you have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves."H2406H7105H3117H7121H3068H5414H6963H4306H3045H7200H7451H7227H6213H5869H3068H7592H4428
18Samuel called upon the Lord that same day, and the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.H8050H7121H3068H3068H5414H6963H4306H3117H5971H3966H3372H3068H8050
19Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, so that we don't die, because we made all our sins worse by asking for a king for ourselves."H5971H559H8050H6419H5650H3068H430H4191H3254H2403H7451H7592H4428
20Samuel said to all the people, "Don't be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet don't turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.H8050H559H5971H3372H6213H7451H5493H310H3068H5647H3068H3824
21Don't turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or deliver because they're useless.H5493H310H8414H3276H5337H8414
22Indeed, the Lord won't abandon His people for the sake of His great name, for the Lord desires to make you a people for himself.H3068H5203H5971H1419H8034H2974H3068H6213H5971
23Now as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I'll also instruct you in the way that is good and right.H595H2486H2398H3068H2308H6419H3384H2896H3477H1870
24Only, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Indeed, consider what great things he has done for you.H3372H3068H5647H571H3824H7200H1431
25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."12H7489H7489H5595H4428


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