Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. 1Sa 10:241Sa 11:14-151Sa 10:11Sa 8:19-221Sa 8:5-8 Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day. 1Sa 8:51Sa 8:11Sa 8:201Sa 3:19-201Sa 8:3Num 27:171Sa 2:221Sa 2:29 Here I am. Witness against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.” Act 20:33Num 16:151Pe 5:21Sa 24:6Deu 16:191Sa 10:11Sa 12:51Th 2:10
They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.” 3Jn 1:12Dan 6:4Psa 37:5-6
He said to them, “The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is 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
They said, “He is witness.” Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that 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 therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. Isa 1:18Act 17:3Ezk 18:25-30Isa 5:3-4Mic 6:1-5Jdg 5:11
“When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell 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, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. Jdg 10:7Jdg 13:1Jdg 3:12Jdg 4:2Deu 32:18Deu 32:30Isa 50:1-2Isa 63:10 They cried 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 out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ Jdg 10:10Jdg 2:13Jdg 10:15-16Jdg 3:7Jdg 3:91Sa 7:22Co 5:14-15Isa 26:16 The LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety. Jdg 6:32Jdg 4:61Sa 7:13Jdg 11:1-33Jdg 6:14Jdg 8:29Jdg 8:35Jdg 13:1-16
“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when 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 therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, the LORD has set a king over you. 1Sa 10:24Hos 13:111Sa 8:51Sa 11:151Sa 9:20Act 13:21Psa 78:29-31 If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of the LORD your God. Jos 24:14Deu 28:1-14Isa 3:10Jos 24:20Lev 20:1-13Psa 81:12-15Rom 2:7 But if you will not listen to the LORD’s voice, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the LORD’s hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers. Jos 24:20Isa 1:20Isa 3:111Sa 12:9Deu 28:15-68Lev 26:14-30Rom 2:8-91Sa 5:9
“Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. Exo 14:13Exo 14:311Sa 12:71Sa 15:16 Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the LORD’s sight, in 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 the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. Exo 14:31Exo 9:23-25Ezr 10:9Psa 106:12-13Rev 11:5-6
All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.” Exo 9:281Jn 5:161Sa 12:23Exo 10:171Sa 7:51Sa 7:8Act 8:24Gen 20:7
Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away 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 Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain. Hab 2:18Jer 10:15Jer 16:19Deu 11:16Jer 14:221Co 8:4Isa 44:9-10Isa 45:20 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself. Deu 14:2Php 1:6Psa 106:81Ki 6:13Deu 7:7-8Jer 14:21Rom 11:29Jos 7:9 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. Col 1:9Rom 1:92Ti 1:31Th 3:101Ki 8:36Act 12:5Psa 34:11Jer 6:16 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for 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 keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.” Jos 24:201Sa 31:1-5Hos 10:3Deu 28:36Isa 3:11Deu 32:15-44