1And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.[ † ]Joshua 8:311 Samuel 10:81 Samuel 8:5-7, 9, 20, 22 2And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.[ † ]1 Samuel 10:241 Samuel 11:14-15Numbers 27:171 Samuel 8:20 3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord , and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.[ † ]1 Samuel 8:1-51 Samuel 10:11 Samuel 24:62 Samuel 1:14-16Numbers 16:15Acts 20:331 Thessalonians 2:5Exodus 23:8 4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.[ † ]Deuteronomy 16:19 5And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.[ † ]Leviticus 19:13John 18:38Acts 23:9Acts 24:20
6And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.[ † ]Exodus 22:4 7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord , which he did to you and to your fathers.[ † ]Exodus 6:26Micah 6:4Isaiah 1:18Ezekiel 20:35Micah 6:1-5 8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord , then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.[ † ]Judges 5:11Psalms 103:6Genesis 46:5-6Psalms 105:23Exodus 2:23-25 9And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.[ † ]Exodus 3:10Exodus 4:14-16Deuteronomy 32:18Judges 3:7Judges 4:2Judges 3:31Judges 10:7Judges 13:1 10And they cried unto the Lord , and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord , and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.[ † ]Judges 3:12-30Judges 10:10 11And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.[ † ]Judges 2:13Judges 3:7Judges 11:1 12And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.[ † ]1 Samuel 7:131 Samuel 11:1-21 Samuel 8:5-19, 20 13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.[ † ]Judges 8:231 Samuel 8:7Psalms 59:131 Samuel 10:241 Samuel 8:51 Samuel 12:17-19 14If ye will fear the Lord , and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord , then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:[ † ]Hosea 13:11 15but if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord , but rebel against the commandment of the Lord , then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.[ † ]Joshua 24:14Deuteronomy 28:15 16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.[ † ]Leviticus 26:14-15Joshua 24:20Isaiah 1:20 17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord , and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord , in asking you a king.[ † ]Exodus 14:13-31Genesis 30:14Joshua 10:121 Samuel 7:9-10James 5:16-18Ezra 10:9 18So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.[ † ]1 Samuel 8:7
19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.[ † ]Exodus 14:31 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart;[ † ]Exodus 9:281 Samuel 7:8James 5:151 John 5:16 21and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.[ † ]Deuteronomy 11:162 Chronicles 25:15 22For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.[ † ]Isaiah 41:29Jeremiah 16:19Habakkuk 2:181 Corinthians 8:4Deuteronomy 31:61 Kings 6:13Isaiah 43:21Exodus 32:12Numbers 14:13Joshua 7:9Psalms 106:8Jeremiah 14:21 23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:[ † ]Deuteronomy 7:6-111 Peter 2:9Acts 12:5Romans 1:9Colossians 1:92 Timothy 1:3Psalms 34:11Proverbs 4:11 24only fear the Lord , and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.[ † ]1 Kings 8:36Ecclesiastes 12:13Isaiah 5:12 25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.[ † ]Deuteronomy 10:21Joshua 24:20