1 Samuel 12 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Samuel Speaks to Israel

Then Samuel^H8050 said^H559 to all^H3605 Israel^H3478, “Behold^H2009, I have listened^H8085 to your voice^H6963 in all^H3605 that you said^H559 to me, and I have [fn]appointed^H4427 a king^H4428 over^H5921 you.

1Sa 12:2

1Sa 12:2“So now, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.

1Sa 12:3

1Sa 12:3“Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

1Sa 12:4

1Sa 12:4And they said, “You have not extorted us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”

1Sa 12:5

1Sa 12:5So he said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

1Sa 12:6

Then Samuel^H8050 said^H559 to the people^H5971, “It is Yahweh^H3068 who^H834 [fn]appointed^H6213 Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 and who^H834 brought^H5927 your fathers^H1 up^H5927 from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

1Sa 12:7

1Sa 12:7“So now, take your stand, that I may judge you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh which He did for you and your fathers.

1Sa 12:8

1Sa 12:8“When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron [fn]who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

1Sa 12:9

1Sa 12:9“But they forgot Yahweh their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1Sa 12:10

1Sa 12:10“And they cried out to Yahweh and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

1Sa 12:11

1Sa 12:11“Then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and [fn]Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.

1Sa 12:12

1Sa 12:12“But you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ although Yahweh your God was your king.

1Sa 12:13

1Sa 12:13“So now, behold, the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

1Sa 12:14

1Sa 12:14“If you will fear Yahweh and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow Yahweh your God.

1Sa 12:15

1Sa 12:15“But if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the [fn]command of Yahweh, then the hand of Yahweh will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1Sa 12:16

1Sa 12:16“Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

1Sa 12:17

1Sa 12:17“Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that He may send [fn]thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for yourselves a king.”

1Sa 12:18

1Sa 12:18So Samuel called to Yahweh, and Yahweh sent [fn]thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

1Sa 12:19

Then all^H3605 the people^H5971 said^H559 to Samuel^H8050, “Pray^H6419 for your servants^H5650 to Yahweh^H3068 your God^H430, so that we may not die^H4191, for we have added^H3254 to all^H3605 our sins^H2403 this evil^H7451 by asking^H7592 for ourselves a king^H4428.”

1Sa 12:20

1Sa 12:20And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

1Sa 12:21

1Sa 12:21“And you must not turn aside, for then you would go after meaningless things which cannot profit and cannot deliver, because they are meaningless.

1Sa 12:22

1Sa 12:22“For Yahweh will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because Yahweh has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

1Sa 12:23

1Sa 12:23“Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and upright way.

1Sa 12:24