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Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:18 ESV

So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

over 2 years ago

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:2 ESV

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus bring disgrace on all Israel."

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:25 ESV

Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:22 ESV

So they inquired again of the Lord, "Is there a man still to come?" and the Lord said, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:19 ESV

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands."

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:9 ESV

When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:2 ESV

When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:27 ESV

As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God."

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:21 ESV

Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?"

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:2 ESV

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:1 ESV

There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.

over 2 years ago

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finished reading 1 Samuel 4, 1 Samuel 5, 1 Samuel 6, 1 Samuel 7, 1 Samuel 8 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek....

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:19 ESV

But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us,

over 2 years ago

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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:7 ESV

And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

over 2 years ago