1 Samuel 12
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1 Samuel 12:1-12

1And SamuelH8050 saidH559 unto all IsraelH3478, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voiceH6963 in all that ye saidH559 unto me, and have made a kingH4428 over you. 2And nowH6258, behold, the kingH4428 walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sonsH1121 are with you: and I have walkedH1980 before you from my youthH5271 unto this dayH3117. 3HereH2005 I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointedH4899: whose oxH7794 have I takenH3947? or whose ass have I takenH3947? or whom have I defraudedH6231? whom have I oppressedH6231? or of whose handH3027 have I takenH3947 a ransomH3724 to blind mine eyesH5869 therewith? and I will restoreH7725 it you. 4And they saidH559, Thou hast not defraudedH6231 us, nor oppressedH6231 us, neither hast thou takenH3947 aught of any man’sH376 handH3027. 5And he saidH559 unto them, Jehovah is witnessH5707 against you, and his anointedH4899 is witnessH5707 this dayH3117, that ye have not foundH4672 aught in my handH3027. And they saidH559, He is witnessH5707.

6And SamuelH8050 saidH559 unto the peopleH5971, It is Jehovah that appointed MosesH4872 and AaronH175, and that broughtH5927 your fathersH1 up out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 7NowH6258 thereforeH6258 standH3320 still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous actsH6213 of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathersH1. 8WhenH834 JacobH3290 was comeH935 into EgyptH4714, and your fathersH1 criedH2199 unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sentH7971 MosesH4872 and AaronH175, who broughtH935 forthH3318 your fathersH1 out of EgyptH4714, and made them to dwellH3427 in this placeH4725. 9But they forgat Jehovah their GodH430; and he soldH4376 them into the handH3027 of SiseraH5516, captain of the hostH6635 of HazorH2674, and into the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430, and into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of MoabH4124; and they foughtH3898 against them. 10And they criedH2199 unto Jehovah, and saidH559, We have sinnedH2398, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have servedH5647 the Baalim and the AshtarothH6252: but nowH6258 deliverH5337 us out of the handH3027 of our enemiesH341, and we will serveH5647 thee. 11And Jehovah sentH7971 JerubbaalH3378, and BedanH917, and JephthahH3316, and SamuelH8050, and deliveredH5337 you out of the handH3027 of your enemiesH341 on every side; and ye dweltH3427 in safety. 12And when ye sawH7200 that NahashH5176 the kingH4428 of the children of AmmonH5983 cameH935 against you, ye saidH559 unto me, Nay, but a kingH4428 shall reignH4427 over us; when Jehovah your GodH430 was your kingH4428.

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