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Then all the people said to Samuel, "aPray for your servants to the Lord your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins bthis evil by asking for ourselves a king."
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1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 12:20
1 Samuel 12
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"aIs it not the wheat harvest today? bI will call to the Lord, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that cyour wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king."
1 Samuel 12
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Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet ado not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.