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1 Samuel 12:1
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1 Samuel 12:1
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Samuel’s Farewell Address
12 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to you in all that you have said to me and have set a king over you.(A)
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1 Samuel 12:1
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1 Samuel 12:1
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Samuel’s Farewell Speech
12 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened(A) to everything you said to me and have set a king(B) over you.
1 Samuel 10:24
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1 Samuel 10:24
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24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”(A)
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1 Samuel 10:24
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1 Samuel 10:24
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24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?(A) There is no one like(B) him among all the people.”
Then the people shouted, “Long live(C) the king!”
1 Samuel 11:14-15
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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14 Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.”(A) 15 So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the Lord, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.(B)
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal(A) and there renew the kingship.(B)” 15 So all the people went to Gilgal(C) and made Saul king(D) in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.
1 Samuel 10:1
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1 Samuel 10:1
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- 10.1 Gk: Heb lacks over his people Israel. You shall . . . anointed you ruler
1 Samuel 10:1
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1 Samuel 10:1
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10 Then Samuel took a flask(A) of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the Lord anointed(B) you ruler over his inheritance?[a](C)
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- 1 Samuel 10:1 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate over his people Israel? You will reign over the Lord’s people and save them from the power of their enemies round about. And this will be a sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his inheritance:
1 Samuel 8:19-22
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1 Samuel 8:19-22
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Israel’s Request for a King Granted
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! We are determined to have a king over us, 20 so that we also may be like other nations and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”(A) 21 When Samuel heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord. 22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and set a king over them.” Samuel then said to the Israelites, “Each of you return home.”(B)
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1 Samuel 8:19-22
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1 Samuel 8:19-22
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19 But the people refused(A) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want(B) a king(C) over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(D) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated(E) it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen(F) to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
1 Samuel 8:5-8
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1 Samuel 8:5-8
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5 and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”(A) 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to the Lord,(B) 7 and the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.(C) 8 Just as they have done to me[a] from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you.
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- 8.8 Gk: Heb lacks to me
1 Samuel 8:5-8
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1 Samuel 8:5-8
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5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(A) to lead[a](B) us, such as all the other nations(C) have.”
6 But when they said, “Give us a king(D) to lead us,” this displeased(E) Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord told him: “Listen(F) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(G) but they have rejected me as their king.(H) 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking(I) me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
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- 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
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