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there they made Saul king before the L
ORD
in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace
offerings before the L
ORD
; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 12
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.
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.
3
Behold, here I
am:
witness against me before the L
ORD
, 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.
4
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou
taken ought of any man’s hand.
5
And he said unto them, The L
ORD
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.
6
And Samuel said unto the people,
It is
the L
ORD
that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that
brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
7
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with
you before the L
ORD
of all the righteous acts of the L
ORD
, which he did to you and to your fathers.
8
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the L
ORD
, then the L
ORD
sent Moses
and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
9
And
when they forgat the L
ORD
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.
10
And they cried unto the L
ORD
, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken
the L
ORD
, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies,
and we will serve thee.
11
And the L
ORD
sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and
delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
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 L
ORD
your God
was
your king.
13
Now therefore behold the
king whom ye have chosen,
and
whom ye have desired! and, behold, the L
ORD
hath set a king over
you.
14
If ye will fear the L
ORD
, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the
commandment of the L
ORD
, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue
following the L
ORD
your God:
15
But if ye will not obey the voice of the L
ORD
, but rebel against
the commandment of the L
ORD
, then shall the hand of the L
ORD
be against you, as
it was
against
your fathers.
16
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the L
ORD
will do before your eyes.
17
Is
it
not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
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