Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and we're
reading the book of 1st Samuel
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today about the ark of God being
returned out of the country of
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the Philistines.
Before we continue the story,
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lets pray together. Dear
God please come and be with us
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now in a special way as we read
this word of yours that you have
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brought to us at this
time. Show us what you would
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have us to learn from
here to put into our own lives
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and to our service to you and to
each other. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading in 1st Samuel,
chapter 6. We're picking up in
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verse 20. - And the men of
Bethshemesh said, Who is able
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to stand before this holy
Lord God? and to whom shall
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he go up from us?
And they sent messengers
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to the inhabitants of
Kirjathjearim, saying,
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The Philistines have brought
again the ark of the Lord;
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come ye down, and
fetch it up to you.
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Continuing on in
1st Samuel, chapter 7.
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And the men of Kirjathjearim
came, and fetched up the ark
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of the Lord and brought
it into the house of Abinadab
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in the hill and sanctified
Eleazar his son to keep the ark
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of the Lord. And it came
to pass while the ark abode
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in Kirjathjearim, that the time
was long; for it was 20 years:
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and all the house of
Israel lamented after the Lord.
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And Samuel spake unto all the
house of Israel, saying, If ye
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do return unto the Lord with
all your hearts, then put away
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the strange gods and Ashtaroth
from among you, and prepare your
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hearts unto the Lord, and serve
him only and he will deliver you
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out of the hand
of the Philistines.
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Then the children of Israel did
put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
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and served the Lord only. And
Samuel said, Gather all Israel
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to Mizpeh, and I will
pray for you unto the Lord.
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And they gathered together
to Mizpeh, and drew water
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and poured it out before the
Lord, and fasted on that day,
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and said there, We have
sinned against the Lord.
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And Samuel judged the
children of Israel in Mizpeh.
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And when the Philistines heard
that the children of Israel
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were gathered together
to Mizpeh, the lords of the
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Philistines went up against
Israel. And when the children
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of Israel heard it, they
were afraid of the Philistines.
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And the children of Israel
said to Samuel, Cease not to cry
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unto the Lord our God for
us, that he will save us out of
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the hand of the Philistines.
And Samuel took a sucking lamb,
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and offered it for a burnt
offering wholly unto the Lord:
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and Samuel cried unto the Lord
for Israel; and the Lord heard
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him. And as Samuel was
offering up the burnt offering,
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the Philistines drew
near to battle against Israel:
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but the Lord thundered
with a great thunder on that day
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upon the Philistines,
and discomfited them;
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and they were smitten before
Israel. And the men of Israel
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went out of Mizpeh, and pursued
the Philistines, and smote them,
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until they came under Bethcar.
Then Samuel took a stone,
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and set it between Mizpeh and
Shen, and called the name of it
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Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto
hath the Lord helped us.
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So the Philistines were subdued,
and they came no more into the
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coast of Israel: and the
hand of the Lord was against
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the Philistines
all the days of Samuel.
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And the cities which
the Philistines had taken
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from Israel, from Ekron
were restored to Israel,
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from Ekron even unto Gath; and
the coasts thereof did Israel
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deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was peace
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between Israel and the Amorites.
And Samuel judged Israel
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all the days of his life.
And he went from year to year
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in circuit to Bethel,
and Gilgal and Mizpeh,
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and judged Israel in all
those places. And his return was
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to Ramah; for there was
his house; and there he judged
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Israel; and there he
built an altar unto the Lord.
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Continuing in 1st
Samuel, chapter 8.
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And it came to pass, when Samuel
was old, that he made his sons
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judges over Israel. Now the
name of his firstborn was Joel;
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and the name of his
second, Abiah: they were judges
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in Beersheba. And his
sons walked not in his ways,
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but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted
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judgment. Then all the Elders
of Israel gathered themselves
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together and came to Samuel unto
Samuel in Ramah, and said unto
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him, Behold, thou art old, and
thy sons walk not in thy ways:
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now make us a king to
judge us like all the nations.
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But the thing displeased Samuel
when they said, Give us a king
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to judge us. And Samuel prayed
unto the Lord. And the Lord said
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unto Samuel, Hearken unto the
voice of the people in all that
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they say unto thee: for they
have not rejected thee, but they
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have rejected me, that I
should not reign over them.
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According to all the works which
they have done since the day I
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brought them up out of Egypt
even unto this day, wherewith
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they have forsaken me, and
served other gods, so do they
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also unto thee. Now therefore,
hearken unto their voice:
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howbeit yet
protest solemnly unto them,
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and shew them the
manner of the king that shall
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reign over them. And Samuel
told all the words of the Lord
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unto the people that asked
of him a king. And he said,
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This will be the manner of the
king that shall reign over you:
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He will take your sons,
and appoint them for himself,
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for his chariots, and to be
his horsemen; and some shall run
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before his chariots. And he
will appoint him captains over
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thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them
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to ear his ground, and to reap
his harvest, and to make his
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instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots.
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And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and to be
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cooks, and to bakers. And he
will take your fields, and your
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vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best of them, and give
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them to his servants. And he
will take the tenth of your seed
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and of your vineyards, and give
them to his officers, and to his
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servants. And he will
take your menservants,
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and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your
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asses, and put them to his work.
He will take the tenth of your
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sheep, and ye shall be his
servants. And ye shall cry out
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in that day because of your
king which ye shall have chosen
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you; and the Lord will not hear
you in that day. Nevertheless
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the people refused to obey the
voice of Samuel; and they said,
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Nay; but we will have a king
over us; that we also may be
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like all the nations; and
that our king may judge us,
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and go out before us,
and fight our battles.
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And Samuel heard all the words
of the people, and he rehearsed
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them in the ears of the Lord.
And the Lord said to Samuel,
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Hearken unto their
voice, and make them a king.
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And Samuel said
unto the men of Israel,
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Go ye every man unto his city.
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Continuing the story
of 1st Samuel, chapter 9,
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This is the King James Version.
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Now there was a man of Benjamin
whose name was Kish, the son of
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Abiel, the son of Zeror,
the son of Bechorath, the son of
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Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty
man of power. And he had a son,
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whose name was Saul, a
choice young man, and a goodly:
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And there was not among the
children of Israel a goodlier
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person than he: from
his shoulders and upward
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he was higher than any of the
people. And the asses of Kish,
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Saul's father, were lost.
And Kish said to Saul his son,
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Take now one of the servants
with thee, and arise, go seek
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the asses. And he passed
through mount Ephraim and
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passed through the land
of Shalisha, but they found
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them not: then they passed
through the land of Shalim, and
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there they were not: and he
passed through the land of the
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Benjamites, but they found them
not. And when they were come
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to the land of Zuph, Saul said
to his servant that was with him
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Come and let us return; lest
my father leave caring for the
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asses, and take thought for
us. And he said unto him, Behold
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now, there is in this city a man
of God, and he is an honourable
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man; all that he saith cometh
surely to pass: now let us go
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thither; peradventure
he can shew us our way
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that we should go. Then said
Saul to his servant, But, behold
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if we go, what shall we bring
the man? for the bread is spent
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in our vessels, and there is not
a present to bring to the man
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of God: what have we? And
the servant answered Saul again,
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and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel
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of silver that will I
give to the man of God,
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to tell us our way. -
Beforetime in Israel, when a man
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went to inquire of God, thus
he spake, Come, and let us go to
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the seer: for he that is now
called a Prophet was beforetime
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called a seer. - Then
said Saul to his servant,
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Well said; come, let us go.
So they went unto the city where
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the man of God was. And as they
went up the hill to the city,
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they found young maidens
coming out to draw water,
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and said unto them, Is the
seer here? And they answered
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them and said, He is; behold,
he is before you: make haste now
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for he came today to the city;
for there is a sacrifice of the
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people today in the high place:
As soon as ye be come into
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the city, ye shall straightway
find him, before he go up
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to the high place to eat: for
the people will not eat until
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he come, because he doth bless
the sacrifice; and afterwards
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they eat that be bidden.
Now therefore get you up;
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for about this time ye
shall find him. And they went up
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into the city: and when
they were come into the city,
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behold, Samuel came out against
them, for to go up to the high
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place. Now the Lord had told
Samuel in his ear a day before
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Saul came, saying, Tomorrow
about this time I will send thee
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a man out of the land
of Benjamin, and thou shalt
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anoint him to be a captain over
my people Israel, that he may
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save my people out of the hand
of the Philistines: for I have
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looked upon my people, because
their cry is come upon me.
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And when Samuel saw Saul,
the Lord said unto him, Behold,
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the man whom I spake to thee of!
this same shall reign over my
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people. Then Saul drew near
to Samuel in the gate, and said,
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Tell, me, I pray thee, where
the seer's house is. And Samuel
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answered Saul, and said, I
am the seer: go up before me
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unto the high place; for
ye shall eat with me today,
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and tomorrow I will let thee go,
and will tell thee all that is
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in thine heart. And as for thine
asses that were lost 3 days ago,
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set not thy mind on
them; for they are found.
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And on whom is all the desire
of Israel? Is it not on thee,
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and on all thy father's house?
And Saul answered and said,
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Am not I a Benjamite, of the
smallest of the tribes of Israel
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and my family the least of
all the families of the tribe of
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Benjamin? wherefore
then speakest thou so to me?
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And Samuel took Saul and
his servant, and brought them
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into the parlour, and made
them sit in the chiefest place
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among them that were bidden,
which were about 30 persons.
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And Samuel said unto the cook,
Bring the portion which I gave
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thee, of which I said unto
thee, of which I said unto thee,
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Set it by thee. And the
cook took up the shoulder,
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and that which was upon
it, and set it before Saul.
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And Samuel said, Behold that
which is left! set it before
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thee and eat: for unto this
time hath it been kept for thee
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since I said, I have invited
the people. So Saul did eat with
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Samuel that day. And when they
were come down from the high
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place into the city,
Samuel communed with Saul
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upon the top of the
house. And they arose early:
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and it came to pass
about the spring of the day,
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that Samuel called Saul to
the top of the house, saying,
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Up, that I may send thee away.
And Saul arose, and they went
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out both of them,
he and Samuel abroad.
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And as they were going
down to the end of the city,
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Samuel said to Saul, Bid
the servant pass on before us,
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and he passed on, but
stand thou still awhile,
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that I may shew
thee the word of God.
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Continuing 1st
Samuel, chapter 10.
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Then Samuel took a vial of oil,
and poured it upon his head,
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and kissed him, and said,
Is it not because the Lord
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hath anointed thee to be
captain over his inheritance?
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When thou art departed from
me today, then thou shalt find
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two men by Rachel's sepulchre
in the border of Benjamin
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at Zelzah; and they will say
unto thee, The asses which thou
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wentest to seek are found:
and, lo, thy father hath left
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the care of the asses,
and sorroweth for you, saying,
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What shall I do for my son?
Then shalt thou go on forward
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from thence, and thou shalt
come to the plain of Tabor,
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and there shall meet thee three
men going up to God to Bethel,
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one carrying three kids, and
another carrying three loaves
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of bread, and another carrying
a bottle of wine: And they will
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salute thee, and give thee
two loaves of bread; which thou
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shalt receive of their hands.
After that thou shalt come
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to the hill of God, where is
the garrison of the Philistines:
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and it shall come to
pass, when thou art come thither
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to the city, that thou
shalt meet a company of prophets
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coming down from the high place
with a psaltery, and a tabret,
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and a pipe, and a harp, before
them; and they shall prophecy:
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And the spirit of the Lord will
come upon thee, and thou shalt
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prophesy with them, and shalt
be turned into another man.
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And let it be, when these signs
are come unto thee, that thou
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do as occasion serve
thee; for God is with thee.
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Goodbye.
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