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Chapter 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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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:
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.
16
Now
therefore
stand
and
see
this
great
thing,
which
the
Lord
will
do
before
your
eyes.
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.
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.
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.
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;
21
And
turn
ye
not
aside:
for
then
should
ye
go
after
vain
things,
which
cannot
profit
nor
deliver;
for
they
are
vain.
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.
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:
24
Only
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
in
truth
with
all
your
heart:
for
consider
how
great
things
he
hath
done
for
you.
25
But
if
ye
shall
still
do
wickedly,
ye
shall
be
consumed,
both
ye
and
your
king.
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