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The First Book of Samuel 12

12 And Samuel said to all of Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice according to all of what you said to me, and I have made a king reign over you. 2 And now, behold, the king is walking to your faces. Now I myself have aged and have become gray-headed and my sons, behold them with you. Now I myself have walked to your faces from my youth to this day. 3 Behold me! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed. The ox of whom have I taken, or the donkey of whom have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from the hand of whom have I taken a bribe and I veiled my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.” 4 And they said, “You have not defrauded us, and you have not oppressed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of a man.” 5 And he said to them, “Yahweh is a witness against you, and his anointed is a witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And he said, “Witness.” 6 And Samuel said to the people, “It was Yahweh who made Moses and Aaron and who brought up your fathers from the land of Egypt. 7 And now, station yourselves and let me be judged with you to the face of Yahweh with all of the righteousness of Yahweh that he has done with you and with your fathers. 8 When Jacob had entered Egypt and your fathers cried out to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought out your fathers from Egypt and they made them dwell in this place. 9 But they forgot Yahweh their God. So he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought with them. 10 Then they cried out to Yahweh and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. And now, deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 So Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel. And he delivered you from the hand of your enemies from all around, and you dwelled in security. 12 But you saw that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, was coming against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though Yahweh your God was your king. 13 But now, behold the king whom you have chosen, whom you have requested. And behold, Yahweh has given a king over you. 14 If you fear Yahweh and serve him and listen to his voice and do not rebel against the mouth of Yahweh, then you will be, both you and the king who reigns over you, after Yahweh your God. 15 But if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh and you rebel against the mouth of Yahweh, then the hand of Yahweh will be against you and against your fathers. 16 Even now station yourselves and see this great thing that Yahweh is doing before your eyes. 17 Is it not the harvest of wheat today? I will call to Yahweh, and he will give thunder and rain. And know and see that your evil that you have done is great in the eyes of Yahweh, to request a king for yourselves.” 18 Then Samuel called upon Yahweh, and Yahweh gave thunder and rain on that day. And all of the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel. 19 And all of the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we may not die. For we have added evil onto all of our sins by the requesting of a king for ourselves.” 20 And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You yourselves have done all of this evil, but do not turn aside from after Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all of your heart. 21 And do not turn aside, for after the nothingness that does not profit and does not deliver, for they are nothingness. 22 For Yahweh will not forsake his people, because of his great name. For Yahweh was pleased to make you into a people for himself. 23 Also, for me, profane to me from sinning against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you! And I will instruct you in the good and straight way. 24 But fear Yahweh and serve him in faithfulness with all of your heart. For see what he has made great with you! 25 But if doing wickedly, you do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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