12:1 And
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel,
"Behold,
I
have
obeyed
your
voice
in
all
that
you
have
said
to
me
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
12:2 And
now,
behold,
the
king
walks
before
you,
and
I
am
old
and
gray;
and
behold,
my
sons
are
with
you.
I
have
walked
before
you
from
my
youth
until
this
day.
12:3 Here
I
am;
testify
against
me
before
the
LORD
and
before
his
anointed.
Whose
ox
have
I
taken
Or
whose
donkey
have
I
taken
Or
whom
have
I
defrauded
Whom
have
I
oppressed
Or
from
whose
hand
have
I
taken
a
bribe
to
blind
my
eyes
with
it
Testify
against
me
and
I
will
restore
it
to
you."
12:4 They
said,
"You
have
not
defrauded
us
or
oppressed
us
or
taken
anything
from
any
man's
hand."
12:5 And
he
said
to
them,
"The
LORD
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
this
day,
that
you
have
not
found
anything
in
my
hand."
And
they
said,
"He
is
witness."
12:6 And
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
"The
LORD
is
witness,
who
appointed
Moses
and
Aaron
and
brought
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
12:7 Now
therefore
stand
still
that
I
may
plead
with
you
before
the
LORD
concerning
all
the
righteous
deeds
of
the
LORD
that
he
performed
for
you
and
for
your
fathers.
12:8 When
Jacob
went
into
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptians
oppressed
them,
then
your
fathers
cried
out
to
the
LORD
and
the
LORD
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt
and
made
them
dwell
in
this
place.
12:9 But
they
forgot
the
LORD
their
God.
And
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Sisera,
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
against
them.
12:10 And
they
cried
out
to
the
LORD
and
said,
'We
have
sinned,
because
we
have
forsaken
the
LORD
and
have
served
the
Baals
and
the
Ashtaroth.
But
now
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
that
we
may
serve
you.'
12:11 And
the
LORD
sent
Jerubbaal
and
Barak
and
Jephthah
and
Samuel
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemies
on
every
side,
and
you
lived
in
safety.
12:12 And
when
you
saw
that
Nahash
the
king
of
the
Ammonites
came
against
you,
you
said
to
me,
'No,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us,'
when
the
LORD
your
God
was
your
king.
12:13 And
now
behold
the
king
whom
you
have
chosen,
for
whom
you
have
asked;
behold,
the
LORD
has
set
a
king
over
you.
12:14 If
you
will
fear
the
LORD
and
serve
him
and
obey
his
voice
and
not
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
the
LORD,
and
if
both
you
and
the
king
who
reigns
over
you
will
follow
the
LORD
your
God,
it
will
be
well.
12:15 But
if
you
will
not
obey
the
voice
of
the
LORD,
but
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
the
LORD,
then
the
hand
of
the
LORD
will
be
against
you
and
your
king.
12:16 Now
therefore
stand
still
and
see
this
great
thing
that
the
LORD
will
do
before
your
eyes.
12:17 Is
it
not
wheat
harvest
today
I
will
call
upon
the
LORD,
that
he
may
send
thunder
and
rain.
And
you
shall
know
and
see
that
your
wickedness
is
great,
which
you
have
done
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
in
asking
for
yourselves
a
king."
12:18 So
Samuel
called
upon
the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day,
and
all
the
people
greatly
feared
the
LORD
and
Samuel.
12:19 And
all
the
people
said
to
Samuel,
"Pray
for
your
servants
to
the
LORD
your
God,
that
we
may
not
die,
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
this
evil,
to
ask
for
ourselves
a
king."
12:20 And
Samuel
said
to
the
people,
"Do
not
be
afraid;
you
have
done
all
this
evil.
Yet
do
not
turn
aside
from
following
the
LORD,
but
serve
the
LORD
with
all
your
heart.
12:21 And
do
not
turn
aside
after
empty
things
that
cannot
profit
or
deliver,
for
they
are
empty.
12:22 For
the
LORD
will
not
forsake
his
people,
for
his
great
name's
sake,
because
it
has
pleased
the
LORD
to
make
you
a
people
for
himself.
12:23 Moreover,
as
for
me,
far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
sin
against
the
LORD
by
ceasing
to
pray
for
you,
and
I
will
instruct
you
in
the
good
and
the
right
way.
12:24 Only
fear
the
LORD
and
serve
him
faithfully
with
all
your
heart.
For
consider
what
great
things
he
has
done
for
you.
12:25 But
if
you
still
do
wickedly,
you
shall
be
swept
away,
both
you
and
your
king."