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1 Samuel 12:9 (KJV)
And 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.
1 Samuel 12:10 (NASB) [SUP]10 [/SUP] "They cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'
Then the LORD sent Jerub-Baal,[a] Barak, Jephthah and Samuel,[c] and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.
a. Also called Gideon
b. Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
c. Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson
1 Samuel 12:12 (NASB) [SUP]12 [/SUP] "When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:14 (NASB) [SUP]14 [/SUP] "If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.
1 Samuel 12:15 (KJV)
But 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.
1 Samuel 12:17 (NASB) [SUP]17 [/SUP] "Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king."
[h=1]1 Samuel 12:18 (KJV)[/h][FONT="]18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.[/FONT]
1 Samuel 12:19 (KJV)
And 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.
1 Samuel 12:23 (NASB) [SUP]23 [/SUP] "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
1 Samuel 12:24 (NASB) [SUP]24 [/SUP] "Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Samuel 13:2 (KJV)
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel 13:3 (NASB) [SUP]3 [/SUP] Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."