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from Masphath all the way to the slopes of Bethchar the Israelites pursued them, cutting them down. (1 Samuel 7, 11)
Thereupon Samuel chose out a stone and set it up between Masphath and Sen, calling the place, The Rock of Deliverance, in token that the Lord was still their protector. (1 Samuel 7, 12)
They must give back, too, all the cities they had wrested from Israel, right up to Accaron and Geth; thus the Israelites freed their territory from the Philistines’ power, and enjoyed peace with their neighbours. (1 Samuel 7, 14)
Give them their will, the Lord answered; appoint a king to rule over them. And Samuel bade the Israelites disperse, and go back to their homes. (1 Samuel 8, 22)
(In those days, the Israelites used to speak of going to consult the seer, meaning by the seer what we now call a prophet.) (1 Samuel 9, 9)
At this time of day to-morrow I am sending a man of Benjamin on an errand to thee. He it is thou must anoint to be the king of my people Israel; he is to deliver them from the power of the Philistines. Their plaints have not gone unheard, nor unheeded. (1 Samuel 9, 16)
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)
Back went the messengers, carrying word to Jabes-Galaad that relief would come next day, with the heat of the sun. So the men of Jabes, overjoyed at the news the messengers brought, (1 Samuel 11, 9)
then they cried out to the Lord, We have sinned! We have forsaken the Lord, enslaved ourselves here to Baal, there to Astaroth! Deliver us now from the power of our enemies, and we will serve thee still. (1 Samuel 12, 10)
So the Lord sent Jerobaal, and Badan, and Jepthe, and Samuel, to deliver you from the power of the enemies that surrounded you, and you lived safe in your homes. (1 Samuel 12, 11)
Do not desert him for false gods which will play you false, granting neither aid nor deliverance. (1 Samuel 12, 21)
And now the Israelite folk found themselves hard pressed; and their evil plight drove them to take hiding in den and thicket, cave and cleft and pit; (1 Samuel 13, 6)
