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- 1 Samuel 8:19
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Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
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- 1 Samuel 9:4
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So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
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- 1 Samuel 9:13
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As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:20
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As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
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- 1 Samuel 9:21
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Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
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- 1 Samuel 10:1
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Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
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- 1 Samuel 10:16
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And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
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- 1 Samuel 10:21
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Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
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- 1 Samuel 10:27
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But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
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- 1 Samuel 11:11
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The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
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- 1 Samuel 11:13
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But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:4
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“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:5
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Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
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- 1 Samuel 12:12
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But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
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- 1 Samuel 12:14
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If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
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- 1 Samuel 12:15
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But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
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- 1 Samuel 12:17
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Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:21
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Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
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- 1 Samuel 12:22
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Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
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- 1 Samuel 13:8
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And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
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- 1 Samuel 13:11
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“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
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- 1 Samuel 13:12
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I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:13
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“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
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- 1 Samuel 13:14
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But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:19
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And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:22
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So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
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- 1 Samuel 14:1
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One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
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- 1 Samuel 14:3
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including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
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- 1 Samuel 14:9
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If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
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- 1 Samuel 14:24
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Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
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- 1 Samuel 14:27
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Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
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- 1 Samuel 14:30
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How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
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- 1 Samuel 14:34
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Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
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- 1 Samuel 14:36
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And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:37
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So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
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- 1 Samuel 14:45
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But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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- 1 Samuel 15:3
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Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
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- 1 Samuel 15:9
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Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
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- 1 Samuel 15:11
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“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
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- 1 Samuel 15:17
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And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
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- 1 Samuel 15:19
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So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
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- 1 Samuel 15:26
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“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:29
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Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:35
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And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 16:7
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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:8
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Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:9
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Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:10
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Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:11
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And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:8
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And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
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