lesserot - 1Samuel:7-8

lesserot@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of Kiryathyearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab on the hill, and Elazar his son they sanctified to guard the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it came to pass, from the time the ark remained in Kiryathyearim, and the time was long, and it was twenty years: that all the house of Israel followed anxiously after the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:3 @ And Samuel said unto all the house of Israel, as followeth, If with all your heart ye do return unto the Lord, then put away the gods of the stranger and the Ashtaroth from your midst, and direct your heart unto the Lord, and serve him alone: and then will he deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:4 @ Then did the children of Israel put away the Bealim and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:5 @ And Samuel said, Assemble all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray in your behalf unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they assembled themselves together at Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:7 @ And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had assembled themselves at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Do not abstain, so as not to cry for us unto the Lord our God, that he may help us out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:9 @ And Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it for an entire burntoffering unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord in behalf of Israel; and the Lord answered him.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burntoffering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but the Lord thundered with a loud noise on that day over the Philistines, and brought them into confusion, and they were smitten before Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Bethcar.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:12 @ And Samuel took one stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenhaezer, saying, As far as this hath the Lord helped us.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:13 @ So were the Philistines humbled, and they came no more into the territory of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel came again to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath, and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Emorites.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:15 @ And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:16 @ And he went from year to year and traveled in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all these places.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:17 @ And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:2 @ And the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second Abiyah: they judged in Beersheba.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:3 @ But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:4 @ Then did all the elders of Israel assemble themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

lesserot@1Samuel:8:5 @ And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways: now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they may say unto thee; for not thee have they rejected, but me have they rejected, that I should not reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:8 @ In accordance with all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day, when they forsook me, and served other gods: so do they also unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:9 @ And now hearken unto their voice: nevertheless thou must still solemnly forewarn them, and tell them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:10 @ And Samuel said all the words of the Lord unto the people that had asked of him a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the manner of the king that will reign over you: Your sons will he take, and appoint them for himself with his chariots, and among his horsemen; and they will have to run before his chariot;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:12 @ And to appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and to plough his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:13 @ And your daughters will he take for ointment makers, and for cooks, and for bakers.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:14 @ And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, yea the best, will he take, and give them to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:15 @ And of your seeds, and of your vineyards will he take the tenth, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:16 @ And your menservants, and your maidservants, and your best young men, and your asses will he take, and employ for his work.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:17 @ Of your flocks will he take the tenth: and ye yourselves will become his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye will cry out on that day because of your king whom ye will have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:19 @ Nevertheless the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but a king shall be over us;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:20 @ That we also may ourselves be like all the nations: and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them before the ears of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:1 @ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiach, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.