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1Samuel 12

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.H8050H559H3478H8085H6963H559H4427H44282Now 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.H4428H1980H6440H2204H7867H1121H1980H6440H5271H31173Here 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."H6030H3068H4899H7794H3947H2543H3947H6231H7533H3027H3724H5956H5869H77254They said, "You haven't cheated us or oppressed us, and you haven't taken anything from anyone's hand."H559H6231H7533H3947H3972H376H30275He 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."H559H3068H5707H4899H5707H3117H4672H3972H3027H559H57076Then 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.H8050H559H5971H3068H6213H4872H175H5927H1H5927H776H47147Now 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.H3320H8199H6440H3068H6666H3068H6213H18After 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.H3290H935H4714H1H2199H3068H3068H7971H4872H175H3318H1H4714H3427H47259But 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.H7911H3068H430H4376H3027H5516H8269H6635H2674H3027H6430H3027H4428H4124H389810"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.'H2199H3068H559H2398H5800H3068H5647H1168H6252H5337H3027H341H564711Then 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.H3068H7971H3378H917H3316H8050H5337H3027H341H5439H3427H98312But 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.11H7200H5176H4428H1121H5983H935H559H4428H4427H3068H430H442813"Now, here is the king you have chosen, the one whom you asked for. See, the Lord has appointed a king over you.H4428H977H7592H3068H5414H442814If 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.H3372H3068H5647H8085H6963H4784H6310H3068H4428H4427H310H3068H43015But 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.1214H8085H6963H3068H4784H6310H3068H3027H3068H116"Now then, stand up and see this great thing that the Lord is about to do before your eyes.H1571H3320H7200H1419H1697H3068H6213H586917Is 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."H2406H7105H3117H7121H3068H5414H6963H4306H3045H7200H7451H7227H6213H5869H3068H7592H442818Samuel called upon the Lord that same day, and the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.H8050H7121H3068H3068H5414H6963H4306H3117H5971H3966H3372H3068H805019Then 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."H5971H559H8050H6419H5650H3068H430H4191H3254H2403H7451H7592H442820Samuel 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.H8050H559H5971H3372H6213H7451H5493H310H3068H5647H3068H382421Don't turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or deliver because they're useless.H5493H310H8414H3276H5337H841422Indeed, 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.H3068H5203H5971H1419H8034H2974H3068H6213H597123Now 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.H595H2486H2398H3068H2308H6419H3384H2896H3477H187024Only, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Indeed, consider what great things he has done for you.H3372H3068H5647H571H3824H7200H143125But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."12H7489H7489H5595H4428


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