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1 Samuel 12:2-25

12:2

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>_.

12:3

Behold, here I [am]: witness
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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
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mine eyes
<05869>

therewith? and I will restore
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it you. {bribe: Heb. ransom} {to blind...: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him}

12:4

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast not defrauded
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us, nor oppressed
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us, neither hast thou taken
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ought
<03972>

of any man's
<0376>

hand
<03027>_.

12:5

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
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ought
<03972>

in my hand
<03027>_.

And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

[He is] witness
<05707>_.

12:6

And Samuel
<08050>

said
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unto the people
<05971>_,

[It is] the LORD
<03068>

that advanced
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Moses
<04872>

and Aaron
<0175>_,

and that brought
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your fathers
<01>

up
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out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

{advanced: or, made}

12:7

Now therefore stand still
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that I may reason
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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>_.

{righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits} {to: Heb. with}

12:8

When Jacob
<03290>

was come
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into Egypt
<04714>_,

and your fathers
<01>

cried
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unto the LORD
<03068>_,

then the LORD
<03068>

sent
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Moses
<04872>

and Aaron
<0175>_,

which brought forth
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your fathers
<01>

out of Egypt
<04714>_,

and made them dwell
<03427> (8686)

in this place
<04725>_.

12:9

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.

12:10

And they cried
<02199> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and said
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We have sinned
<02398> (8804)_,

because we have forsaken
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the LORD
<03068>_,

and have served
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Baalim
<01168>

and Ashtaroth
<06252>_:

but now deliver
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us out of the hand
<03027>

of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and we will serve
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thee.

12:11

And the LORD
<03068>

sent
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Jerubbaal
<03378>_,

and Bedan
<0917>_,

and Jephthah
<03316>_,

and Samuel
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and delivered
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you out of the hand
<03027>

of your enemies
<0341> (8802)

on every side
<05439>_,

and ye dwelled
<03427> (8799)

safe
<0983>_.

12:12

And when ye saw
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that Nahash
<05176>

the king
<04428>

of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>

came
<0935> (8804)

against you, ye said
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unto me, Nay; but a king
<04428>

shall reign
<04427> (8799)

over us: when the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>

[was] your king
<04428>_.

12:13

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.

12:14

If ye will fear
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the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

him, and obey
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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>_:

{commandment: Heb. mouth} {continue...: Heb. be after}

12:15

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>_.

12:16

Now therefore
<01571>

stand
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and see
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this great
<01419>

thing
<01697>_,

which the LORD
<03068>

will do
<06213> (8802)

before your eyes
<05869>_.

12:17

[Is it] not wheat
<02406>

harvest
<07105>

to day
<03117>_?

I will call
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unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and he shall send
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thunder
<06963>

and rain
<04306>_;

that ye may perceive
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and see
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that your wickedness
<07451>

[is] great
<07227>_,

which ye have done
<06213> (8804)

in the sight
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of the LORD
<03068>_,

in asking
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you a king
<04428>_.

12:18

So Samuel
<08050>

called
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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
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the LORD
<03068>

and Samuel
<08050>_.

12:19

And all the people
<05971>

said
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unto Samuel
<08050>_,

Pray
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for thy servants
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unto the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

that we die
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not: for we have added
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unto all our sins
<02403>

[this] evil
<07451>_,

to ask
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us a king
<04428>_.

12:20

And Samuel
<08050>

said
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unto the people
<05971>_,

Fear
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not: ye have done
<06213> (8804)

all this wickedness
<07451>_:

yet turn not aside
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from following
<0310>

the LORD
<03068>_,

but serve
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the LORD
<03068>

with all your heart
<03824>_;

12:21

And turn ye not aside
<05493> (8799)_:

for [then should ye go] after
<0310>

vain
<08414>

[things], which cannot profit
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nor deliver
<05337> (8686)_;

for they [are] vain
<08414>_.

12:22

For the LORD
<03068>

will not forsake
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his people
<05971>

for his great
<01419>

name's
<08034>

sake: because it hath pleased
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the LORD
<03068>

to make
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you his people
<05971>_.

12:23

Moreover as for me
<0595>_,

God forbid
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that I should sin
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against the LORD
<03068>

in ceasing
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to pray
<06419> (8692)

for you: but I will teach
<03384> (8689)

you the good
<02896>

and the right
<03477>

way
<01870>_:

{in: Heb. from}

12:24

Only fear
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the LORD
<03068>_,

and serve
<05647> (8804)

him in truth
<0571>

with all your heart
<03824>_:

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
<07489> (8687)

do wickedly
<07489> (8686)_,

ye shall be consumed
<05595> (8735)_,

both ye and your king
<04428>_.