And Samuel
said
unto all Israel,
Behold, I have hearkened
unto your voice
in all that ye said
unto me, and have made
a king
over you.
And now, behold, the king
walketh
before
you: and I am old
and grayheaded;
and, behold, my sons
are with you: and I have walked
before
you from my childhood
unto this day.
Behold, here I am: witness
against me before the LORD,
and before his anointed:
whose ox
have I taken?
or whose ass
have I taken?
or whom have I defrauded?
whom have I oppressed?
or of whose hand
have I received any bribe
to blind
mine eyes
therewith? and I will restore
it you.
oppress
ἐξεπίεσα
exepiesa
ransom
ἐξίλασμα
exilasma
And they said,
Thou hast not defrauded
us, nor oppressed
us, neither hast thou taken
ought
of any man's
hand.
And he said
unto them, The LORD
is witness
against you, and his anointed
is witness
this day,
that ye have not found
ought
in my hand.
And they answered,
He is witness.
say
say
And Samuel
said
unto the people,
It is the LORD
that advanced
Moses
and Aaron,
and that brought
your fathers
up
out of the land
of Egypt.
Now therefore stand still,
that I may reason
with you before
the LORD
of all the righteous acts
of the LORD,
which he did
to you and to your fathers.
judge
δικάσω
dikasō
When Jacob
was come
into Egypt,
and your fathers
cried
unto the LORD,
then the LORD
sent
Moses
and Aaron,
which brought forth
your fathers
out of Egypt,
and made them dwell
in this place.
And when they forgat
the LORD
their God,
he sold
them into the hand
of Sisera,
captain
of the host
of Hazor,
and into the hand
of the Philistines,
and into the hand
of the king
of Moab,
and they fought
against them.
Sisara
Σισαρα
sisara
commander-in-chief
ἀρχιστρατήγου
archistratēgou
Jabin
Ιαβιν
iabin
Asōr
Ασωρ
asōr
Mōab
Μωαβ
mōab
And they cried
unto the LORD,
and said,
We have sinned,
because we have forsaken
the LORD,
and have served
Baalim
and Ashtaroth:
but now deliver
us out of the hand
of our enemies,
and we will serve
thee.
Baalim
Βααλιμ
baalim
glade
ἄλσεσιν
alsesin
And the LORD
sent
Jerubbaal,
and Bedan,
and Jephthah,
and Samuel,
and delivered
you out of the hand
of your enemies
on every side,
and ye dwelled
safe.
Ierobaal
Ιεροβααλ
ierobaal
And when ye saw
that Nahash
the king
of the children
of Ammon
came
against you, ye said
unto me, Nay; but a king
shall reign
over us: when the LORD
your God
was your king.
Naas
Ναας
naas
Ammōn
Αμμων
ammōn
say
Now therefore behold the king
whom ye have chosen,
and whom ye have desired!
and, behold, the LORD
hath set
a king
over you.
If ye will fear
the LORD,
and serve
him, and obey
his voice,
and not rebel
against the commandment
of the LORD,
then shall both ye and also the king
that reigneth
over you continue following
the LORD
your God:
But if ye will not obey
the voice
of the LORD,
but rebel
against the commandment
of the LORD,
then shall the hand
of the LORD
be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Now therefore
stand
and see
this great
thing,
which the LORD
will do
before your eyes.
Is it not wheat
harvest
to day?
I will call
unto the LORD,
and he shall send
thunder
and rain;
that ye may perceive
and see
that your wickedness
is great,
which ye have done
in the sight
of the LORD,
in asking
you a king.
So Samuel
called
unto the LORD;
and the LORD
sent
thunder
and rain
that day:
and all the people
greatly
feared
the LORD
and Samuel.
And all the people
said
unto Samuel,
Pray
for thy servants
unto the LORD
thy God,
that we die
not: for we have added
unto all our sins
this evil,
to ask
us a king.
say
And Samuel
said
unto the people,
Fear
not: ye have done
all this wickedness:
yet turn not aside
from following
the LORD,
but serve
the LORD
with all your heart;
say
And turn ye not aside:
for then should ye go after
vain
things, which cannot profit
nor deliver;
for they are vain.
For the LORD
will not forsake
his people
for his great
name's
sake: because it hath pleased
the LORD
to make
you his people.
mercifully
ἐπιεικέως
epieikeōs
Moreover as for me,
God forbid
that I should sin
against the LORD
in ceasing
to pray
for you: but I will teach
you the good
and the right
way:
Only fear
the LORD,
and serve
him in truth
with all your heart:
for consider
how great things he hath done
for you.
But if ye shall still
do wickedly,
ye shall be consumed,
both ye and your king.
