1 Samuel 12

About 1 Samuel 1 Samuel tells of Samuel the prophet, Israel's first king Saul, and the rise of young David.

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:1Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:2Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:3Ask

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.Selected1 Samuel 12:4Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:5Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:6Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:7Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:8Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:9Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:10Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:11Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:12Ask

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.Selected1 Samuel 12:13Ask

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:Selected1 Samuel 12:14Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:15Ask

Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.Selected1 Samuel 12:16Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:17Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:18Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:19Ask

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;Selected1 Samuel 12:20Ask

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.Selected1 Samuel 12:21Ask

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.Selected1 Samuel 12:22Ask

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:Selected1 Samuel 12:23Ask

Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.Selected1 Samuel 12:24Ask

But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.Selected1 Samuel 12:25Ask

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