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1 # And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto all Israel <03478>, Behold, I have hearkened <08085> (8804) unto your voice <06963> in all that ye said <0559> (8804) unto me, and have made <04427> (8686) a king <04428> over you.
2 And now, behold, the king <04428> walketh <01980> (8693) before <06440> you: and I am old <02204> (8804) and grayheaded <07867> (8804); and, behold, my sons <01121> are with you: and I have walked <01980> (8694) before <06440> you from my childhood <05271> unto this day <03117>.
3 Behold, here I am: witness <06030> (8798) against me before the LORD <03068>, and before his anointed <04899>: whose ox <07794> have I taken <03947> (8804)? or whose ass <02543> have I taken <03947> (8804)? or whom have I defrauded <06231> (8804)? whom have I oppressed <07533> (8804)? or of whose hand <03027> have I received any bribe <03724> to blind <05956> (8686) mine eyes <05869> therewith? and I will restore <07725> (8686) it you.
4 And they said <0559> (8799), Thou hast not defrauded <06231> (8804) us, nor oppressed <07533> (8804) us, neither hast thou taken <03947> (8804) ought <03972> of any man's <0376> hand <03027>.
5 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, The LORD <03068> is witness <05707> against you, and his anointed <04899> is witness <05707> this day <03117>, that ye have not found <04672> (8804) ought <03972> in my hand <03027>. And they answered <0559> (8799), He is witness <05707>.
6 # And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>, It is the LORD <03068> that advanced <06213> (8804) Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, and that brought <05927> <00> your fathers <01> up <05927> (8689) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
7 Now therefore stand still <03320> (8690), that I may reason <08199> (8735) with you before <06440> the LORD <03068> of all the righteous acts <06666> of the LORD <03068>, which he did <06213> (8804) to you and to your fathers <01>.
8 When Jacob <03290> was come <0935> (8804) into Egypt <04714>, and your fathers <01> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, then the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, which brought forth <03318> (8686) your fathers <01> out of Egypt <04714>, and made them dwell <03427> (8686) in this place <04725> .
9 And when they forgat <07911> (8799) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, he sold <04376> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Sisera <05516>, captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Hazor <02674>, and into the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>, and into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Moab <04124>, and they fought <03898> (8735) against them.
10 And they cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), We have sinned <02398> (8804), because we have forsaken <05800> (8804) the LORD <03068>, and have served <05647> (8799) Baalim <01168> and Ashtaroth <06252>: but now deliver <05337> (8685) us out of the hand <03027> of our enemies <0341> (8802), and we will serve <05647> (8799) thee.
11 And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) Jerubbaal <03378>, and Bedan <0917>, and Jephthah <03316> , and Samuel <08050>, and delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of your enemies <0341> (8802) on every side <05439>, and ye dwelled <03427> (8799) safe <0983>.
12 And when ye saw <07200> (8799) that Nahash <05176> the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came <0935> (8804) against you, ye said <0559> (8799) unto me, Nay; but a king <04428> shall reign <04427> (8799) over us: when the LORD <03068> your God <0430> was your king <04428>.
13 Now therefore behold the king <04428> whom ye have chosen <0977> (8804), and whom ye have desired <07592> (8804)! and, behold, the LORD <03068> hath set <05414> (8804) a king <04428> over you.
14 If ye will fear <03372> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and serve <05647> (8804) him, and obey <08085> (8804) his voice <06963>, and not rebel <04784> (8686) against the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>, then shall both ye and also the king <04428> that reigneth <04427> (8804) over you continue following <0310> the LORD <03068> your God <0430>:
15 But if ye will not obey <08085> (8799) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, but rebel <04784> (8804) against the commandment <06310> of the LORD <03068>, then shall the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> be against you, as it was against your fathers <01>.
16 # Now therefore <01571> stand <03320> (8690) and see <07200> (8798) this great <01419> thing <01697>, which the LORD <03068> will do <06213> (8802) before your eyes <05869>.
17 Is it not wheat <02406> harvest <07105> to day <03117>? I will call <07121> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, and he shall send <05414> (8799) thunder <06963> and rain <04306>; that ye may perceive <03045> (8798) and see <07200> (8798) that your wickedness <07451> is great <07227>, which ye have done <06213> (8804) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, in asking <07592> (8800) you a king <04428>.
18 So Samuel <08050> called <07121> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>; and the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) thunder <06963> and rain <04306> that day <03117>: and all the people <05971> greatly <03966> feared <03372> (8799) the LORD <03068> and Samuel <08050>.
19 And all the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel <08050>, Pray <06419> (8690) for thy servants <05650> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, that we die <04191> (8799) not: for we have added <03254> (8804) unto all our sins <02403> this evil <07451>, to ask <07592> (8800) us a king <04428>.
20 And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>, Fear <03372> (8799) not: ye have done <06213> (8804) all this wickedness <07451>: yet turn not aside <05493> (8799) from following <0310> the LORD <03068> , but serve <05647> (8804) the LORD <03068> with all your heart <03824>;
21 And turn ye not aside <05493> (8799): for then should ye go after <0310> vain <08414> things, which cannot profit <03276> (8686) nor deliver <05337> (8686); for they are vain <08414>.
22 For the LORD <03068> will not forsake <05203> (8799) his people <05971> for his great <01419> name's <08034> sake: because it hath pleased <02974> (8689) the LORD <03068> to make <06213> (8800) you his people <05971>.
23 Moreover as for me <0595>, God forbid <02486> that I should sin <02398> (8800) against the LORD <03068> in ceasing <02308> (8800) to pray <06419> (8692) for you: but I will teach <03384> (8689) you the good <02896> and the right <03477> way <01870>:
24 Only fear <03372> (8798) the LORD <03068>, and serve <05647> (8804) him in truth <0571> with all your heart <03824>: for consider <07200> (8798) how great things he hath done <01431> (8689) for you.
25 But if ye shall still <07489> (8687) do wickedly <07489> (8686), ye shall be consumed <05595> (8735), both ye and your king <04428>.