1 Samuel 12

And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto ayour voice in all that ye said unto me, and bhave made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king cwalketh 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: dwhose 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 eblind 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, fthat ye have not found ought gin my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

6 And Samuel said unto the people, hIt 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 ireason 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 jthe LORD your God was your king.

13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, kthe LORD hath set a king over you. 14 If ye will lfear 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 mnot 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 pwheat harvest to day? oI will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that nyour 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: qand all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, rPray 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: sfor 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 ufor his great name's sake: because tit hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. 23 Moreover as for me, vGod forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the wgood and the right way: 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your xheart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, yye shall be consumed, zboth ye and your king.

1 Samuel 13

 
Cross Ref
1 a 1 Sam 8:5
 b 1 Sam 10:24
2 c Num 27:17
1 Sam 8:20
3 d Num 16:15
Act 20:33
1 The 2:5
 e Deu 16:19
5 f Joh 18:38
Act 23:9
2 Cor 1:12
 g Exo 22:4
Psa 17:3
6 h Mic 6:4
Hos 12:13
Psa 77:19-20
Neh 9:9-14
Exo 6:26
7 i Isa 1:18
Isa 5:3
Mic 6:2-3
12 j Gen 17:7
Jdg 8:23
1 Sam 8:7
13 k Hos 13:11
14 l Isa 3:10
Ecc 8:12
Psa 81:13
Jos 24:14
Deu 17:19
Deu 14:23
Deu 13:14
Deu 10:12
Deu 6:13
15 m Lev 26:14
Deu 28:15
Jos 24:20
17 n Hos 13:10
1 Sam 8:7
 o Jam 5:16
1 Sam 7:9
Jos 10:12
 p Pro 26:1
18 q Exo 14:31
Ezr 10:9
19 r 1 Joh 5:16
Jam 5:15
Act 8:24
Psa 78:34-35
Exo 9:28
Gen 20:7
21 s Jer 16:19
Hab 2:18
1 Cor 8:4
22 t Joh 15:16
Mat 11:26
Mal 1:2
 u Jer 14:21
Psa 106:8
23 v 1 Cor 9:16
 w 1 Kin 8:36
2 Chr 6:27
Jer 6:16
24 x Ezr 9:13
25 y Jos 24:20
 z Deu 28:36