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1. And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king,
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1. And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 all H3605 Israel H3478 , Behold H2009 , I have hearkened H8085 unto your voice H6963 in all H3605 that H834 ye said H559 unto me , and have made a king H4427 H4428 over H5921 you.
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2. and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they are with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day.
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2. And now H6258 , behold H2009 , the king H4428 walketh H1980 before H6440 you : and I H589 am old H2204 and grayheaded H7867 ; and, behold H2009 , my sons H1121 are with H854 you : and I H589 have walked H1980 before H6440 you from my childhood H4480 H5271 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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3. `Lo, here am I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.`
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3. Behold H2009 , here I am : witness H6030 against me before H5048 the LORD H3068 , and before H5048 his anointed H4899 : whose H4310 H853 ox H7794 have I taken H3947 ? or whose H4310 ass H2543 have I taken H3947 ? or whom H4310 have I defrauded H6231 ? H853 whom H4310 have I oppressed H7533 ? or of whose hand H4480 H3027 H4310 have I received H3947 any bribe H3724 to blind H5956 mine eyes H5869 therewith? and I will restore H7725 it you.
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4. And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.`
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4. And they said H559 , Thou hast not H3808 defrauded H6231 us, nor H3808 oppressed H7533 us, neither H3808 hast thou taken H3947 aught H3972 of any man's hand H4480 H3027 H376 .
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5. And he saith unto them, `A witness is Jehovah against you: and a witness is His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;` and they say, `A witness.`
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5. And he said H559 unto H413 them , The LORD H3068 is witness H5707 against you , and his anointed H4899 is witness H5707 this H2088 day H3117 , that H3588 ye have not H3808 found H4672 aught H3972 in my hand H3027 . And they answered H559 , He is witness H5707 .
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6. And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah -- He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!
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6. And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 the people H5971 , It is the LORD H3068 that H834 advanced H6213 H853 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 , and that H834 brought H5927 H853 your fathers H1 up out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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7. and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.
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7. Now H6258 therefore stand still H3320 , that I may reason H8199 with H854 you before H6440 the LORD H3068 of H853 all H3605 the righteous acts H6666 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he did H6213 to H854 you and to H854 your fathers H1 .
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8. `When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,
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8. When H834 Jacob H3290 was come H935 into Egypt H4714 , and your fathers H1 cried H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , then the LORD H3068 sent H7971 H853 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 , which brought forth H3318 H853 your fathers H1 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and made them dwell H3427 in this H2088 place H4725 .
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9. and they forget Jehovah their God, and He selleth them into the hand of Sisera, head of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fight against them,
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9. And when they forgot H7911 H853 the LORD H3068 their God H430 , he sold H4376 them into the hand H3027 of Sisera H5516 , captain H8269 of the host H6635 of Hazor H2674 , and into the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 , and into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Moab H4124 , and they fought H3898 against them.
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10. and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee.
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10. And they cried H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , We have sinned H2398 , because H3588 we have forsaken H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 , and have served H5647 H853 Baalim H1168 and Ashtaroth H6252 : but now H6258 deliver H5337 us out of the hand H4480 H3027 of our enemies H341 , and we will serve H5647 thee.
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11. `And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently.
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11. And the LORD H3068 sent H7971 H853 Jerubbaal H3378 , and Bedan H917 , and Jephthah H3316 , and Samuel H8050 , and delivered H5337 you out of the hand H4480 H3027 of your enemies H341 on every side H4480 H5439 , and ye dwelled H3427 safe H983 .
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12. `And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God is your king!
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12. And when ye saw H7200 that H3588 Nahash H5176 the king H4428 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 came H935 against H5921 you , ye said H559 unto me, Nay H3808 ; but H3588 a king H4428 shall reign H4427 over H5921 us : when the LORD H3068 your God H430 was your king H4428 .
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13. And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen -- whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.
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13. Now H6258 therefore behold H2009 the king H4428 whom H834 ye have chosen H977 , and whom H834 ye have desired H7592 ! and, behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath set H5414 a king H4428 over H5921 you.
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14. `If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been -- both ye and the king who hath reigned over you -- after Jehovah your God.
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14. If H518 ye will fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and serve H5647 him , and obey H8085 his voice H6963 , and not H3808 rebel against H4784 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 , then shall both H1571 ye H859 and also H1571 the king H4428 that H834 reigneth H4427 over H5921 you continue H1961 following H310 the LORD H3068 your God H430 :
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15. `And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.
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15. But if H518 ye will not H3808 obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 , but rebel against H4784 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 , then shall the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 be H1961 against you , as it was against your fathers H1 .
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16. `Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;
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16. Now H6258 therefore H1571 stand H3320 and see H7200 H853 this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697 , which H834 the LORD H3068 will do H6213 before your eyes H5869 .
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17. is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.`
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17. Is it not H3808 wheat H2406 harvest H7105 today H3117 ? I will call H7121 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and he shall send H5414 thunder H6963 and rain H4306 ; that ye may perceive H3045 and see H7200 that H3588 your wickedness H7451 is great H7227 , which H834 ye have done H6213 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , in asking H7592 you a king H4428 .
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18. And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;
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18. So Samuel H8050 called H7121 unto H413 the LORD H3068 ; and the LORD H3068 sent H5414 thunder H6963 and rain H4306 that H1931 day H3117 : and all H3605 the people H5971 greatly H3966 feared H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 and Samuel H8050 .
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19. and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.`
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19. And all H3605 the people H5971 said H559 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , Pray H6419 for H1157 thy servants H5650 unto H413 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , that we die H4191 not H408 : for H3588 we have added H3254 unto H5921 all H3605 our sins H2403 this evil H7451 , to ask H7592 us a king H4428 .
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20. And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,
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20. And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 the people H5971 , Fear H3372 not H408 : ye H859 have done H6213 H853 all H3605 this H2063 wickedness H7451 : yet H389 turn not aside H408 H5493 from following H4480 H310 the LORD H3068 , but serve H5647 H853 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your heart H3824 ;
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21. and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they are vain,
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21. And turn ye not aside H3808 H5493 : for H3588 then should ye go after H310 vain H8414 things , which H834 cannot H3808 profit H3276 nor H3808 deliver H5337 ; for H3588 they H1992 are vain H8414 .
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22. for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.
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22. For H3588 the LORD H3068 will not H3808 forsake H5203 H853 his people H5971 for his great H1419 name H8034 's sake H5668 : because H3588 it hath pleased H2974 the LORD H3068 to make H6213 you his people H5971 .
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23. `I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;
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23. Moreover H1571 as for me H595 , God forbid H486 that I should sin H4480 H2398 against the LORD H3068 in ceasing H4480 H2308 to pray H6419 for H1157 you : but I will teach H3384 you the good H2896 and the right H3477 way H1870 :
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24. only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;
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24. Only H389 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and serve H5647 him in truth H571 with all H3605 your heart H3824 : for H3588 consider H7200 H853 how H834 great things he hath done H1431 for H5973 you.
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25. and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.`
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25. But if H518 ye shall still do wickedly H7489 H7489 , ye shall be consumed H5595 , both H1571 ye H859 and H1571 your king H4428 .
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