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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:22 NLT
The LORD will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:21 NLT
Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:20 NLT
“Don’t be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart, and don’t turn your back on him.
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:19 NLT
“Pray to the LORD your God for us, or we will die!” they all said to Samuel. “For now we have added to our sins by asking for a king.”
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:17 NLT
You know that it does not rain at this time of the year during the wheat harvest. I will ask the LORD to send thunder and rain today. Then you will realize how wicked you have been in asking the LORD for a king!”
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:14 NLT
“Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD’s commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:13 NLT
All right, here is the king you have chosen. You asked for him, and the LORD has granted your request.
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 12:12 NLT
“But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the LORD your God was already your king.
Feb 29
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:13-15 NLT
But Saul replied, “No one will be executed today, for today the LORD has rescued Israel!” Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us all go to Gilgal to renew the kingdom.” So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the LORD they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:12 NLT
Then the people exclaimed to Samuel, “Now where are those men who said, ‘Why should Saul rule over us?’ Bring them here, and we will kill them!”
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:11 NLT
But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:10 NLT
The men of Jabesh then told their enemies, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.”
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:4-9 NLT
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears. Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked, “What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry. He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message: “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the LORD made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one. When Saul mobilized them at Bezek, he found that there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah. So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 11:1-3 NLT
About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded. “All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!” “Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:27 NLT
But there were some scoundrels who complained, “How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them. [Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh-gilead.]
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:25 NLT
Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent the people home again.
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:24 NLT
Then Samuel said to all the people, “This is the man the LORD has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is like him!” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:22 NLT
So they asked the LORD, “Where is he?” And the LORD replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.”
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:21 NLT
Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the LORD, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared!
Feb 28
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highlighted 1 Samuel 10:18-19 NLT
And he said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has declared: I brought you from Egypt and rescued you from the Egyptians and from all of the nations that were oppressing you. But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!’ Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans.”
Feb 28