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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Samuel chapters

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10 through 12. Chapter 10 Then Samuel took a

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flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed

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him and said, Is it not because the Lord has

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anointed you commander over his inheritance?

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When you have departed from me today, you will

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find two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory

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of Benjamin at Zilzah, and they will say to you,

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The donkeys which you went to look for have been

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found. And now your father has ceased caring

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about the donkeys and is worrying about you,

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saying, What shall I do about my son? Then you

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shall go on forward from there and come to the

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turban's tree of Tabor. There three men, going

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up to God at Bethel, will meet you, one carrying

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three young goats, another carrying three loaves

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of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

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And they will greet you and give you two loaves

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of bread, which you shall receive from their

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hands. After that you shall come to the hill

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of God, where the Philistine garrison is. And

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it will happen, when you have come there to the

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city, that you will meet a group of prophets

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coming down from the high place with a stringed

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instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp

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before them, and they will be prophesying. Then

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the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and

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you will prophesy with them and be turned into

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another man. And let it be when these signs come

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to you that you do as the occasion demands, for

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God is with you. You shall go down before me

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to Gilgal, and surely I will come down to you

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to offer burnt offerings and make sacrifices

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of peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait

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till I come to you and show you what you should

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do. so it was when he had turned his back to

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go from samuel that god gave him another heart

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and all those signs came to pass that day when

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they came there to the hill there was a group

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of prophets to meet him then the spirit of god

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came upon him and he prophesied among them and

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it happened when all who knew him formerly saw

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that he indeed prophesied among the prophets

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that the people said to one another what is this

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that has come upon the son of kish is saul also

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among the prophets then a man from there answered

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and said but who is their father Therefore it

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became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

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And when he had finished prophesying, he went

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to the high place. Then Saul's uncle said to

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him and his servant, Where did you go? So he

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said, To look for the donkeys. When we saw that

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they were nowhere to be found, we went to Samuel.

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And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, please, what

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Samuel said to you. So Saul said to his uncle,

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He told us plainly that the donkeys had been

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found, but about the matter of the kingdom he

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did not tell him what Saul had said. Then Samuel

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called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah

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and said to the children of Israel, Thus says

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the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out

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of Egypt and delivered you from the hand of the

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Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and

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from those who oppressed you. But you have today

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rejected your God, who himself saved you from

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all your adversities and your tribulations. And

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you have said to him, No, set a king over us.

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Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord

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by your tribes and by your clans. And when Samuel

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had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near,

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the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. When he had

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caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by

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their families, the family of Matri was chosen,

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and Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when

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they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore

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they inquired of the Lord further, Has the man

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come here yet? And the Lord answered, There he

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is, hidden among the equipment. So they ran and

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brought him from there. And when he stood among

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the people, he was taller than any of the people

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from his shoulders upward. And Samuel said to

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all the people, Do you see him? whom the Lord

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has chosen, that there is no one like him among

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all the people. So all the people shouted and

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said, Long live the king. Then Israel explained

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to the people the behavior of royalty and wrote

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it in a book and laid it up before the Lord.

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And Samuel sent all the people away, every man

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to his house. And Saul also went home to Gibeah.

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And valiant men went with him, whose heart God

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had touched. But some rebels said, How can this

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man save us? So they despised him and brought

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him no presents, but he held his peace. Chapter

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11 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped

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against Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh

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said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and

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we will serve you. And Nahash the Ammonite answered

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them, On this condition I will make a covenant

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with you, that I may put out all your right eyes

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and bring reproach on all Israel. Then the elders

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of Jabesh said to him, Hold off for seven days,

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that we may send messengers to all the territory

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of Israel. And then, if there is no one to save

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us, we will come out to you. So the messengers

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came out to Gibeah of Saul and told the news

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in the hearing of the people. And all the people

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lifted up their voices and wept. Now there was

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Saul coming behind the herd from the field. And

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Saul said, What troubles the people that they

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weep? And they told him the words of the men

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of Jabesh. Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul

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when he heard this news, and his anger was greatly

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aroused. So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them

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in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory

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of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,

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Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel

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to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen. And

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the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and

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they came out with one consent. When he numbered

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them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three

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hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty

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thousand. And they said to the messengers who

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came, Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh,

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Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot,

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you shall have help. Then the messengers came

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and reported it to the men of Jabesh, and they

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were glad. Therefore the men of Jabesh said,

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Tomorrow, we will come out to you and you may

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do with us whatever seems good to you so it was

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on the next day that Saul put the people in three

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companies and they came into the midst of the

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camp in the morning watch and killed Ammonites

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until the heat of the day and it happened that

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those who survived were scattered so that no

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two of them were left together then the people

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said to Samuel who is he who said shall Saul

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reign over us bring the men that we may put them

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to death But Saul said, Not a man shall be put

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to death this day, for today the Lord has accomplished

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salvation in Israel. Then Samuel said to the

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people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the

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kingdom there. So all the people went to Gilgal,

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and there they made Saul king before the Lord

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in Gilgal. There they made sacrifices of peace

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offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and

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all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. Now Samuel

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said to all Israel, Indeed I have heeded your

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voice in all that you said to me. and have made

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a king over you. And now here is the king, walking

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before you. And I am old and gray -headed, and

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look, my sons are with you. I have walked before

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you from my childhood to this day. Here I am.

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Witness against me before the Lord and before

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his anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose

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donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated?

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Whom have I oppressed, or from whom have I received

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any bribe, with which to blind my eyes? I will

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restore it to you. And they said, You have not

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cheated us or oppressed us, nor have taken anything

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from any man's hand. Then he said to them, The

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Lord is witness against you, and his anointed

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is witness this day, that you have not found

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anything in my hand. And they answered, He is

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witness. Then Samuel said to the people, It is

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the Lord who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who

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brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.

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Now therefore stand still, that I may reason

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with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous

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acts of the Lord which he did to you and your

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fathers. When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and

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your fathers cried out to the Lord, then the

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Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers

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out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

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And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold

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them into the hands of Sisera, commander of the

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army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines,

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and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they

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fought against them. Then they cried out to the

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Lord and said, We have sinned because we have

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forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and Ashtaroth,

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but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies,

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and we will serve you. And the Lord sent Jeroboam,

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Badan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you

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out of the hand of your enemies on every side,

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and you dwelt in safety. And when you saw that

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Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you,

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you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over

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us, when the Lord your God was your king. Now

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therefore he is the king whom you have chosen

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and whom you have desired. And take note, the

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Lord has set a king over you. if you fear the

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lord and serve him and obey his voice and do

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not rebel against the commandment of the lord

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then both you and the king who reigns over you

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will continue following the lord your god however

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if you do not obey the voice of the lord but

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rebel against the commandment of the lord then

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the hand of the lord will be against you as it

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was against your fathers now therefore stand

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and see this great thing which the lord will

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do before your eyes is today not the wheat harvest

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I will call to the Lord, and he will send thunder

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and rain, that you may perceive and see that

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your wickedness is great, which you have done

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in the sight of the Lord in asking a king for

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yourselves. So Samuel called to the Lord, and

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the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and

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all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

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And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your

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servants to the Lord your God, that we may not

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die, for we have added to all our sins the evil

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of asking a king for ourselves. Then Samuel said

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to the people, Do not fear, you have done all

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this wickedness, yet do not turn aside from following

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the Lord. But serve the Lord with all your heart,

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and do not turn aside, for then you would go

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after empty things which cannot profit or deliver,

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for they are nothing. For the Lord will not forsake

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his people. for his great name's sake, because

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it has pleased the Lord to make you his people.

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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I

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should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray

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for you, but I will teach you the good and the

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right way. Only fear the Lord, and serve him

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in truth with all your heart, for consider what

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great things he has done for you. But if you

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still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both

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you and your king. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did and I look forward to

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seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.