<vn='1'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="8085">hearkened</s> unto your <sn="6963">voice</s> in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> ye <sn="559">said</s> unto me, and have made a <sn="4427 4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> you. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1980">walketh</s><sn="6440">before</s> you: and <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="2204">old</s> and <sn="7867">grayheaded</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, my <sn="1121">sons</s> are <sn="854">with</s> you: and <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="6440">before</s> you from my <sn="4480 5271">childhood</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, here I am: <sn="6030">witness</s> against me <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5048">before</s> his <sn="4899">anointed</s>: <sn="4310">whose</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7794">ox</s> have I <sn="3947">taken</s>? or <sn="4310">whose</s><sn="2543">ass</s> have I <sn="3947">taken</s>? or <sn="4310">whom</s> have I <sn="6231">defrauded</s>? <sn="*853"></s><sn="4310">whom</s> have I <sn="7533">oppressed</s>? or of whose <sn="4480 3027 4310">hand</s> have I <sn="3947">received</s> any <sn="3724">bribe</s> to <sn="5956">blind</s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s> therewith? and I will <sn="7725">restore</s> it you. </v>
<vn='4'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, Thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6231">defrauded</s> us, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7533">oppressed</s> us, <sn="3808">neither</s> hast thou <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="3972">aught</s> of any man's <sn="4480 3027 376">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5707">witness</s> against you, and his <sn="4899">anointed</s> is <sn="5707">witness</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">found</s><sn="3972">aught</s> in my <sn="3027">hand</s>. And they <sn="559">answered</s>, He is <sn="5707">witness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, It is the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="6213">advanced</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4872">Moses</s> and <sn="175">Aaron</s>, and <sn="834">that</s><sn="5927">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">fathers</s> up out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore stand <sn="3320">still</s>, that I may <sn="8199">reason</s><sn="854">with</s> you <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the righteous <sn="6666">acts</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="854">to</s> you and <sn="854">to</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="834">When</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s> was <sn="935">come</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, then the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4872">Moses</s> and <sn="175">Aaron</s>, which brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">fathers</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and made them <sn="3427">dwell</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And when they <sn="7911">forgot</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, he <sn="4376">sold</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5516">Sisera</s>, <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="2674">Hazor</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and they <sn="3898">fought</s> against them. </v>
<vn='10'>And they <sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, We have <sn="2398">sinned</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> we have <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and have <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baalim</s> and <sn="6252">Ashtaroth</s>: but <sn="6258">now</s><sn="5337">deliver</s> us out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of our <sn="341">enemies</s>, and we will <sn="5647">serve</s> thee. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, and <sn="917">Bedan</s>, and <sn="3316">Jephthah</s>, and <sn="8050">Samuel</s>, and <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of your <sn="341">enemies</s> on every <sn="4480 5439">side</s>, and ye <sn="3427">dwelled</s><sn="983">safe</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when ye <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5176">Nahash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">against</s> you, ye <sn="559">said</s> unto me, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> a <sn="4428">king</s> shall <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> us: when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s> was your <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="2009">behold</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">whom</s> ye have <sn="977">chosen</s>, and <sn="834">whom</s> ye have <sn="7592">desired</s>! and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5414">set</s> a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> you. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="518">If</s> ye will <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him, and <sn="8085">obey</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> rebel <sn="4784">against</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6310">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, then shall <sn="1571">both</s><sn="859">ye</s> and <sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="4427">reigneth</s><sn="5921">over</s> you <sn="1961">continue</s><sn="310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>But <sn="518">if</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obey</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, but rebel <sn="4784">against</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6310">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, then shall the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">be</s> against you, as it was against your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="6258">Now</s><sn="1571">therefore</s><sn="3320">stand</s> and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> before your <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='17'> Is it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2406">wheat</s><sn="7105">harvest</s><sn="3117">today</s>? I will <sn="7121">call</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and he shall <sn="5414">send</s><sn="6963">thunder</s> and <sn="4306">rain</s>; that ye may <sn="3045">perceive</s> and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3588">that</s> your <sn="7451">wickedness</s> is <sn="7227">great</s>, <sn="834">which</s> ye have <sn="6213">done</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, in <sn="7592">asking</s> you a <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>So <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">sent</s><sn="6963">thunder</s> and <sn="4306">rain</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> and <sn="8050">Samuel</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="6419">Pray</s><sn="1157">for</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, that we <sn="4191">die</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="3254">added</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> our <sn="2403">sins</s> this <sn="7451">evil</s>, to <sn="7592">ask</s> us a <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="859">ye</s> have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="7451">wickedness</s>: <sn="389">yet</s> turn not <sn="408 5493">aside</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, but <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="3824">heart</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>And turn ye not <sn="3808 5493">aside</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> then should ye go <sn="310">after</s><sn="8414">vain</s> things, <sn="834">which</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="3276">profit</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5337">deliver</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="8414">vain</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5203">forsake</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5971">people</s> for his <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8034">name</s> 's <sn="5668">sake</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> it hath <sn="2974">pleased</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="6213">make</s> you his <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1571">Moreover</s> as for <sn="595">me</s>, God <sn="486">forbid</s> that I should <sn="4480 2398">sin</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="4480 2308">ceasing</s> to <sn="6419">pray</s><sn="1157">for</s> you: but I will <sn="3384">teach</s> you the <sn="2896">good</s> and the <sn="3477">right</s><sn="1870">way</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="389">Only</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5647">serve</s> him in <sn="571">truth</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> your <sn="3824">heart</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="7200">consider</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">how</s> great things he hath <sn="1431">done</s><sn="5973">for</s> you. </v>
<vn='25'>But <sn="518">if</s> ye shall still do <sn="7489 7489">wickedly</s>, ye shall be <sn="5595">consumed</s>, <sn="1571">both</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="1571">and</s> your <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>