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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.
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.
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.
12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken
ought of any man's hand.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ye dwelled safe.
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.
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.
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:
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.
12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your
eyes.
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.
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.
12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, 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.
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;
12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should
ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath
pleased the LORD to make you his people.
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:
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.
12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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