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1 Samuel 12:12-25

12:12

And when ye saw
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that Nahash
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the king
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of the children
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of Ammon
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came
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against you, ye said
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unto me, Nay; but a king
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shall reign
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over us: when the LORD
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your God
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[was] your king
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12:13

Now therefore behold the king
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whom ye have chosen
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[and] whom ye have desired
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and, behold, the LORD
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hath set
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a king
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over you.

12:14

If ye will fear
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the LORD
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and serve
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him, and obey
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his voice
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and not rebel
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against the commandment
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of the LORD
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then shall both ye and also the king
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that reigneth
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over you continue following
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the LORD
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your God
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{commandment: Heb. mouth} {continue...: Heb. be after}

12:15

But if ye will not obey
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the voice
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of the LORD
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but rebel
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against the commandment
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of the LORD
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then shall the hand
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of the LORD
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be against you, as [it was] against your fathers
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12:16

Now therefore
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stand
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and see
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this great
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thing
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which the LORD
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will do
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before your eyes
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12:17

[Is it] not wheat
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harvest
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to day
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I will call
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unto the LORD
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and he shall send
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thunder
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and rain
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that ye may perceive
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and see
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that your wickedness
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[is] great
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which ye have done
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in the sight
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of the LORD
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in asking
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you a king
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12:18

So Samuel
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called
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unto the LORD
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and the LORD
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sent
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thunder
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and rain
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that day
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and all the people
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greatly
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feared
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the LORD
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and Samuel
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12:19

And all the people
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said
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unto Samuel
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Pray
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for thy servants
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unto the LORD
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thy God
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that we die
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not: for we have added
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unto all our sins
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[this] evil
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to ask
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us a king
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12:20

And Samuel
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said
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unto the people
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Fear
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not: ye have done
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all this wickedness
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yet turn not aside
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from following
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the LORD
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but serve
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the LORD
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with all your heart
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12:21

And turn ye not aside
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for [then should ye go] after
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vain
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[things], which cannot profit
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nor deliver
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for they [are] vain
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12:22

For the LORD
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will not forsake
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his people
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for his great
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name's
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sake: because it hath pleased
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the LORD
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to make
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you his people
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12:23

Moreover as for me
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God forbid
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that I should sin
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against the LORD
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in ceasing
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to pray
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for you: but I will teach
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you the good
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and the right
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way
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{in: Heb. from}

12:24

Only fear
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the LORD
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and serve
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him in truth
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with all your heart
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for consider
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how great [things] he hath done
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for you. {how...: or, what a great thing}

12:25

But if ye shall still
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do wickedly
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ye shall be consumed
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both ye and your king
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