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1 Samuel 12 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:1 - And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all things that ye have said to me, and I have set a king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - And now, behold, the king goes before you; and I am grown old and shall rest; and, behold, my sons are among you; and, behold, I have gone about before you from my youth to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Behold, here am I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or whom have I been violent with? or from whose hand have I taken a [fn]bribe, even to a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - And they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us, and thou hast not oppressed us; and thou hast not afflicted us, and thou hast not taken anything from any one's hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness among you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand: and they said, He is witness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, The Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron is witness, who brought our fathers up out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and the groves: and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - And he sent Jerobaal, and Barac, and Jephthae, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and ye dwelt in security.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - And ye saw that Naas king of the children of Ammon came against you, and ye said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God is our king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - And now behold the king [fn]whom ye have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - If ye should fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and ye and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, well.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - But if ye should not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and ye should resist the mouth of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know ye and see, that your wickedness is great which ye have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have indeed wrought all this iniquity; only turn not from following the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and shew you the good and the right way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - But if ye continue to do evil, then shall ye and your king be [fn]consumed.
BES Footnotes
Gr. propitiation.
Alex. + 'whom ye asked for,' nearer the Heb.
Gr. added; a reading occasioned by the different readings of אסף and יסף.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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