(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 8:7 | The <sc>Lordsc> said to Samuel, 8220;Do everything the people request of you.<n id="1" /> For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king. |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 10:18 | He said to the Israelites, 8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, 8216;I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power<n id="1" /> of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you. |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 10:19 | But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, 8220;No!<n id="1" /> Appoint a king over us.8221; Now take your positions before the <sc>Lordsc> by your tribes and by your clans.8217;8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 10:24 | Then Samuel said to all the people, 8220;Do you see the one whom the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!8221; All the people shouted out, 8220;Long live the king!8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 10:25 | <p class="bodytext">Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work.<n id="1" /> He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the <sc>Lordsc>. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes. |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 11:7 | He took a pair<n id="1" /> of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, 8220;Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!8221; Then the terror of the <sc>Lordsc> fell on the people, and they went out as one army.<n id="2" /> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 12:3 | Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the <sc>Lordsc> and before his chosen king.<n id="1" /> Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me,<n id="2" /> and I will return it to you!8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 12:19 | All the people said to Samuel, 8220;Pray to the <sc>Lordsc> your God on behalf of us 8211; your servants 8211; so we won8217;t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.8221;<n id="1" />p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 14:3 | Now Ahijah was carrying<n id="1" /> an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the <sc>Lordsc> in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 14:12 | Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, 8220;Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!8221;<n id="1" /> Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, 8220;Come up behind me, for the <sc>Lordsc> has given<n id="2" /> them into the hand of Israel!8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 14:34 | Then Saul said, 8220;Scatter out among the army and say to them, 8216;Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don8217;t sin against the <sc>Lordsc> by eating the blood.8221; So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there.<n id="1" /> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 15:11 | 8220;I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.8221; Samuel became angry and he cried out to the <sc>Lordsc> all that night.p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 15:35 | Until the day he<n id="1" /> died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the <sc>Lordsc> regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 16:1 | <t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Samuel, 8220;How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel.<n id="1" /> Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem,<n id="2" /> for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.8221;<n id="3" />p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 16:13 | So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the <sc>Lordsc> rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 16:18 | One of his attendants replied,<n id="1" /> 8220;I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem<n id="2" /> who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior<n id="3" /> and is articulate<n id="4" /> and handsome,<n id="5" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> is with him.8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 17:45 | <p class="bodytext">But David replied to the Philistine, 8220;You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts, the God of Israel8217;s armies, whom you have defied! |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 17:46 | This very day the <sc>Lordsc> will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 18:17 | <n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then Saul said to David, 8220;Here8217;s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior<n id="2" /> for me and fight the battles of the <sc>Lordsc>.8221; For Saul thought, 8220;There8217;s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!8221;p> |
(0.93540865079365) | 1Sa 19:5 | He risked his life<n id="1" /> when he struck down the Philistine and the <sc>Lordsc> gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?8221;p> |