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And now Samuel took out his phial of oil, and poured it out over Saul’s head; then he kissed him, and said, Hereby the Lord anoints thee to be the leader of his chosen people; thine it shall be to deliver them from the enemies that hedge them round. Wouldst thou have proof that this unction comes from the Lord? Listen, then; (1 Samuel 10, 1)
And now Samuel bade the whole people gather in the divine presence at Maspha, (1 Samuel 10, 17)
The Lord’s chosen! cried Samuel. Look at him, and see if he has his like in Israel! And all the people shouted, Long live the king! (1 Samuel 10, 24)
And now Samuel proclaimed to the people what the king’s rights were; wrote it down, too, in a book, which he laid up in the Lord’s presence; then he bade them disperse to their homes. (1 Samuel 10, 25)
When these messengers came to Gabaa, where Saul lived, and told the people their errand, the whole city made loud lament. (1 Samuel 11, 4)
And just then Saul came in from the country, driving his team of oxen; What ails the people, he asked, that they should weep? And he was told of the message from Jabes. (1 Samuel 11, 5)
there and then he took both the oxen, and cut them into small pieces, which he sent round by messenger to every part of Israel; The man who does not rally, said he, to the cause of Saul and Samuel, will have his oxen treated like these. And the Lord put the whole people in such dread of him, that they answered his summons to a man; (1 Samuel 11, 7)
After this, the people cried out to Samuel, Where are the men who protested they would not have Saul for their king? Bring them out, and let us slay them. (1 Samuel 11, 12)
And now Samuel called on the people to come with him to Galgala, and renew the covenant of the kingship there; (1 Samuel 11, 14)
Then he said to the people, It was the Lord that gave you Moses and Aaron, and rescued your fathers from Egypt; (1 Samuel 12, 6)
till the whole people was smitten with a great fear of the Lord and of Samuel. The whole people cried out with one voice, Pray to the Lord thy God for us thy servants, that our lives may be spared! We had sinned enough already, and now we have done him further wrong, by asking for a king to rule us. (1 Samuel 12, 19)
For his own renown, the Lord will not forsake his own people, and his people he has sworn you shall be. (1 Samuel 12, 22)
