Samuel’s Farewell Address
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. 1Sa 10:241Sa 11:14-151Sa 10:11Sa 8:19-221Sa 8:5-8 Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. 1Sa 8:51Sa 8:11Sa 8:201Sa 3:19-201Sa 8:3Num 27:171Sa 2:221Sa 2:29
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it 1to you.” Act 20:33Num 16:151Pe 5:21Sa 24:6Deu 16:191Sa 10:11Sa 12:51Th 2:10
“You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.” 3Jn 1:12Dan 6:4Psa 37:5-6
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.” Exo 22:4Act 23:9Act 24:201Co 4:42Co 1:121Sa 26:9Act 24:16Jhn 18:38
“He is a witness,” they replied.
Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who 2appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. Mic 6:4Exo 6:26Psa 105:41Psa 77:19-20Psa 99:6Hos 12:13Isa 63:7-14Psa 105:26 Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers. Isa 1:18Act 17:3Ezk 18:25-30Isa 5:3-4Mic 6:1-5Jdg 5:11
When Jacob went to Egypt, 3 your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place. Exo 4:14-16Exo 2:23-241Sa 10:181Sa 12:6Act 7:15Exo 12:51Exo 14:30-31Exo 3:9-10 But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, 4 and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. Jdg 10:7Jdg 13:1Jdg 3:12Jdg 4:2Deu 32:18Deu 32:30Isa 50:1-2Isa 63:10
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’ Jdg 10:10Jdg 2:13Jdg 10:15-16Jdg 3:7Jdg 3:91Sa 7:22Co 5:14-15Isa 26:16
So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, 5 Barak, 6 Jephthah, and Samuel, 7 and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely. Jdg 6:32Jdg 4:61Sa 7:13Jdg 11:1-33Jdg 6:14Jdg 8:29Jdg 8:35Jdg 13:1-16 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. Jdg 8:231Sa 8:5-71Sa 10:191Sa 11:1-2Gen 17:71Sa 8:19-201Sa 8:3Exo 19:5-6
Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you. 1Sa 10:24Hos 13:111Sa 8:51Sa 11:151Sa 9:20Act 13:21Psa 78:29-31
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 reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. 8 Jos 24:14Deu 28:1-14Isa 3:10Jos 24:20Lev 20:1-13Psa 81:12-15Rom 2:7 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. 9 Jos 24:20Isa 1:20Isa 3:111Sa 12:9Deu 28:15-68Lev 26:14-30Rom 2:8-91Sa 5:9
Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes. Exo 14:13Exo 14:311Sa 12:71Sa 15:16 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.” 1Sa 8:71Sa 7:9-10Pro 26:1Jas 5:16-18Jer 15:1Jos 10:12Psa 99:6
So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Exo 14:31Exo 9:23-25Ezr 10:9Psa 106:12-13Rev 11:5-6
As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 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.” Exo 9:281Jn 5:161Sa 12:23Exo 10:171Sa 7:51Sa 7:8Act 8:24Gen 20:7
“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. Deu 11:16Jos 23:6Psa 101:3Psa 125:51Pe 3:16Deu 31:29Exo 20:19-20Jer 3:1 Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty. Hab 2:18Jer 10:15Jer 16:19Deu 11:16Jer 14:221Co 8:4Isa 44:9-10Isa 45:20 Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own. Deu 14:2Php 1:6Psa 106:81Ki 6:13Deu 7:7-8Jer 14:21Rom 11:29Jos 7:9
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way. Col 1:9Rom 1:92Ti 1:31Th 3:101Ki 8:36Act 12:5Psa 34:11Jer 6:16
Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you. Deu 10:21Pro 1:7Heb 12:29Isa 5:12Psa 126:2-3Ecc 12:13Psa 111:10Exo 12:13 But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” Jos 24:201Sa 31:1-5Hos 10:3Deu 28:36Isa 3:11Deu 32:15-44