1Samuel:8-12
mkjv@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it happened when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:2 @ And the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second was Abiah, judges in Beer-sheba.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:3 @ And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:4 @ And all the elders of Israel gathered themselves and came to Samuel to Ramah.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:5 @ And [they] said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:8 @ According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day-- works] with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods-- so they do also to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:9 @ And now listen to their voice. Only, you shall surely protest solemnly to them, and show them the kind of king who shall reign over them.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:10 @ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked a king of him.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the privilege of the king who shall reign over you. He shall take your sons and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and his horsemen. And they shall run before his chariots.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:12 @ And [he] will appoint commanders over thousands, and commanders over fifties, and some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and weapons for his chariots.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:13 @ And he will take your daughters [to be] perfumers and cooks and bakers.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:14 @ And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards, the best, and give [them] to his servants.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:15 @ And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give [it] to his eunuchs and to his servants.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:16 @ And he will take your male slaves and your slave girls, and your finest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:17 @ He will take the tenth of your sheep, and you shall be his servants.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:18 @ And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:19 @ But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, but we will have a king over us.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:20 @ And we shall be, also we, like all the nations, so that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.
mkjv@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Every man go to his city.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:1 @ And there was a man of Benjamin, and his name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son named Saul, a young and handsome one. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he, being taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:3 @ And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Please take one of the servants with you and rise, and go look for the asses.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:4 @ And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find [them]. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, and nothing there. And he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find [them].
mkjv@1Samuel:9:5 @ And they came to the land of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant who [was] with him, Come and let us return lest my father quit [caring] for the asses, and be anxious about us.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:6 @ And he said to him, Behold now, in this city [is] a man of God, and an honorable man. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can declare our way to us, how to go.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then Saul said to his young man, But behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is gone, and [there is] no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
mkjv@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found the fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:9 @ (In the old days in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said this: Come, let us go to the seer, for the prophet of today was before called a seer.)
mkjv@1Samuel:9:10 @ And Saul said to his young man, Your word is good. Come, let us go. So they went into the city where the man of God [was].
mkjv@1Samuel:9:11 @ [As] they went up the hill to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
mkjv@1Samuel:9:12 @ And they answered them and said, He is. Behold, [he is] before you. Hurry now, for he came today to the city, for [there is] a feast of the people today in the high place.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:13 @ As you come to the city, you shall immediately find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the feast. Afterwards those who have been invited eat. And now go up, for about this time you shall find him.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:14 @ And they went up into the city. When they had come into the middle of the city, behold, Samuel came out to meet them, to go up to the high place.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:15 @ And the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
mkjv@1Samuel:9:16 @ Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him [to be] leader over My people Israel, so that he may save My people out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked on My people because their cry has come to Me.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:17 @ And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to you! This [one] shall reign over My people.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:18 @ And Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Please tell me where the seer's house [is].
mkjv@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul and said, I [am] the seer. Go up before me to the high place. For you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as to the asses [which were] lost to you three days ago, do not set your mind on them. For they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father's house?
mkjv@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, [Am] I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And [is] not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak so to me?
mkjv@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the room, and gave them a place at the head of the invited ones, about thirty persons.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel said to the cook, Bring that part which I gave you, [of] which I said to you, Set it beside you.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder and that on it, and set [it] before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is reserved! Set [it] before you [and] eat. For until this set time it has been kept for you, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:25 @ And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul on the top of the house.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they arose early. And it happened about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, so that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and both of them went out, he and Samuel outside.
mkjv@1Samuel:9:27 @ They were going down to the end of the city, and Samuel said to Saul, Tell the servant to pass on before us and pass on. And you stand still awhile, so that I may cause you to hear the word of God.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:1 @ And Samuel took a vial of oil and poured on his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD has anointed you for a leader over His inheritance?
mkjv@1Samuel:10:2 @ When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found. And, lo, your father has quit caring for the asses and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
mkjv@1Samuel:10:3 @ And you shall go forward from there, and you shall come to the great tree of Tabor. And there you shall meet three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:4 @ And they will greet you and give you two [loaves] of bread, which you shall take from their hand.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that you shall come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines [is]. And it will happen to you when you come there to the city, even you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp and a tambourine and a flute and a lyre before them. And they shall prophesy.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:6 @ And the spirit of the LORD will come powerfully on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:7 @ And it will be when these signs have come to you, you will do for yourself what your hand finds; for God [is] with you.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:8 @ And you shall go down before me to Gilgal. And, behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings [and] to sacrifice peace offerings. You shall stay seven days until I come to you and make known to you what you shall do.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it happened when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God changed him with another heart. And all those signs came on that day.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:10 @ And they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him. And the Spirit of God came on him, and he prophesied among them.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:11 @ And it happened when all who knew him before saw him, behold, he prophesied among the prophets. And the people said to one another, What [is] this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
mkjv@1Samuel:10:12 @ And a man from there answered and said, And who [is] their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
mkjv@1Samuel:10:13 @ And he finished from prophesying, and he came to the high place.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Saul's uncle said to him and to his young man, Where did you go? And he said, To look for the asses. And when we saw that [they were] nowhere, we came to Samuel.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:15 @ And Saul's uncle said, Please tell me, what Samuel said to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:16 @ And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But he did not tell him of the matter of the kingdom of which Samuel spoke.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:17 @ And Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpeh.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he said to the sons of Israel, So says the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, of those who oppressed you.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:19 @ And you have this day rejected your God who Himself saved you out of all your calamities and your tribulations. And you have said to Him, But set a king over us. And now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:20 @ And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:21 @ When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken. And they looked for him, but he could not be found.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:22 @ And they inquired of the LORD further, Has the man yet come here? And the LORD answered, Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:23 @ And they ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than all of the people from the shoulders and upward.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Let the king live!
mkjv@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then Samuel told the people the duties of the kingdom, and wrote in a book and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his house.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:26 @ And Saul also went home to Gibeah. And a band of men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
mkjv@1Samuel:10:27 @ But the sons of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him and brought him no present. But he was silent.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:1 @ And Nahash the Ammonite came up and camped against Jabesh-gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, With this I will make a covenant with you, when all your right eyes are dug out and I will make it a reproach on all Israel.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:3 @ And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Bear with us seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the territory of Israel. And then if [there is] no man to save us, we will come out to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:4 @ Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and told the news in ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field. And Saul said, What [is wrong] with the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the Spirit of God came powerfully on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:8 @ And when he numbered them in Bezek, the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:9 @ And they said to the messengers that came, So shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow by [the time] the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:10 @ And the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:11 @ And it was [so] on the next day, Saul put the people in three companies, and they came into the middle of the army at the morning watch. And they killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And the ones who remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said to Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men so that we may put them to death.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.
mkjv@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went [to] Gilgal, and made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray-headed, and, behold, my sons [are] with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
mkjv@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 from whose hand have I received a bribe, to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, You have not defrauded us nor oppressed us, neither have you taken from any man's hand.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said to them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and His anointed [is] witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:6 @ And Samuel said to the people, [It is] the LORD who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:7 @ And now stand still, so 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.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:8 @ When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them live in this place.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:9 @ And they forgot the LORD their God. And He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served the Baals and Ashtoreths. But now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived safely.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though the LORD your God [was] your King.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:13 @ And now, behold the king whom you have chosen, whom you have desired! And behold, the LORD has set a king over you!
mkjv@1Samuel:12:14 @ If you will fear the LORD, and serve Him, and listen to His voice, and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you shall continue following the LORD your God.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD shall be against you as [it was] against your fathers.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:16 @ Also, now stand and see this great thing which the LORD shall do before your eyes.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:17 @ [Is it] not wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, and He shall send thunder and rain, so that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, that which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for you.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:18 @ And Samuel called to the LORD, And the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we will not die. For we have added evil to all our sins, to ask a king for us.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:21 @ And do not turn aside to go after vanities, which cannot profit nor deliver. For they [are] vain.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:23 @ Also, I, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD from ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good and the right way.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart. For consider what great [things] He has done for you.
mkjv@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if you shall still do wickedly, both you and your king, will be swept away.
mkjv@1Samuel:13:1 @ Saul reigned one year, and when he had reigned two more years over Israel,
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