Holy Bible
(King James Version)
First
Samuel: Chapter 12
1. 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 aught 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 aught 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 Ba-a-lim and Ash-ta-roth: but
now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
11. And the LORD sent Jer-ub-ba-al, and Be-dan, and Jeph-thah, 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 today? 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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