strkjv@1Samuel:12:1
@ And
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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:2
@ And 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:3
@ Behold, 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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:4
@ And they
said
, Thou hast not
defrauded
us, nor
oppressed
us, neither hast thou
taken
ought
of any
mans
hand
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:5
@ And 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:6
@ And
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:7
@ Now 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:8
@ When
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:9
@ And 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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:10
@ And 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.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:11
@ And the
LORD
sent
Jerubbaal
Y@, and
Bedan
, and
Jephthah
, and
Samuel
Sh@, and
delivered
you out of the
hand
of your
enemies
on every
side
, and ye
dwelled
safe
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:12
@ And 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:13
@ Now therefore behold the
king
whom ye have
chosen
, and whom ye have
desired
! and, behold, the
LORD
hath
set
a
king
over you.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:14
@ If 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
:
strkjv@1Samuel:12:15
@ But 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:16
@ Now
therefore
stand
and
see
this
great
thing
, which the
LORD
will
do
before your
eyes
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:17
@ Is 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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:18
@ So
Samuel
called
unto the
LORD
; and the
LORD
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day
: and all the
people
greatly
feared
the
LORD
and
Samuel
Sh@.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:19
@ And all the
people
said
unto
Samuel
Sh@,
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
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:20
@ And
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
;
strkjv@1Samuel:12:21
@ And turn ye not
aside
: for then should ye go
after
vain
things, which cannot
profit
nor
deliver
; for they are
vain
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:22
@ For the
LORD
will not
forsake
his
people
for his
great
names
sake: because it hath
pleased
the
LORD
to
make
you his
people
.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:23
@ Moreover 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
:
strkjv@1Samuel:12:24
@ Only
fear
the
LORD
, and
serve
him in
truth
with all your
heart
: for
consider
how great things he hath
done
for you.
strkjv@1Samuel:12:25
@ But if ye shall
still
do
wickedly
, ye shall be
consumed
, both ye and your
king
.
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