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- 1 Samuel 10:14
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Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:15
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“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
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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 10:17
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After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
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- 1 Samuel 10:20
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Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
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- 1 Samuel 10:24
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Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
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- 1 Samuel 10:25
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Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
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- 1 Samuel 11:7
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He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
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- 1 Samuel 11:12
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Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
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- 1 Samuel 11:14
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Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:1
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Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
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- 1 Samuel 12:6
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Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
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- 1 Samuel 12:11
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So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
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- 1 Samuel 12:18
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So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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- 1 Samuel 12:19
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They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:20
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“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
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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 13:10
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Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
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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 13:13
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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 13:15
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Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
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- 1 Samuel 15:1
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 15:10
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Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
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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 15:12
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Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:13
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When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:14
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But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
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- 1 Samuel 15:16
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“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
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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 15:20
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“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
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- 1 Samuel 15:22
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But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
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- 1 Samuel 15:24
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Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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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 15:27
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As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.
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- 1 Samuel 15:28
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So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
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- 1 Samuel 15:31
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So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 15:32
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Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
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- 1 Samuel 15:33
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But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 15:34
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Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
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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 16:1
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Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:2
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“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
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- 1 Samuel 16:4
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So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
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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 16:10
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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 16:13
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So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
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- 1 Samuel 19:18
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So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
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- 1 Samuel 19:20
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he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
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