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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:16 NLT
“About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:14 NLT
So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:12 NLT
“Yes,” they replied. “Stay right on this road. He is at the town gates. He has just arrived to take part in a public sacrifice up at the place of worship.
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:11 NLT
As they were climbing the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw water. So Saul and his servant asked, “Is the seer here today?”
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:9 NLT
(In those days if people wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let’s go and ask the seer,” for prophets used to be called seers.)
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:6 NLT
But the servant said, “I’ve just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let’s go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 9:1-2 NLT
There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin. His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.
Feb 27
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:22 NLT
and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:20 NLT
“We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:19 NLT
But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:13-18 NLT
The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him. He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials. He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants. He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use. He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves. When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:12 NLT
Some will be generals and captains in his army, some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:11 NLT
“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:10 NLT
So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:9 NLT
Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:8 NLT
Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:7 NLT
“Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:6 NLT
Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.
Feb 26
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:5 NLT
“Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
Feb 26