Trouvé 178 Résultats pour: Samuel's Prophecy
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)
Do not be afraid, Samuel told them; you see how great is the wrong you have done; but now follow close where the Lord leads you, and serve him with all your hearts. (1 Samuel 12, 20)
For seven days he waited to keep tryst with Samuel, but still Samuel did not come; and meanwhile, men were deserting from his ranks; (1 Samuel 13, 8)
And now, when the burnt-sacrifice was over, he saw Samuel coming, and went out to greet him. (1 Samuel 13, 10)
What is this thou hast done? Samuel asked. And he answered, I found that men were deserting from my ranks; thou hadst not kept the tryst, and already the Philistines had raised their standard at Machmas. (1 Samuel 13, 11)
But Samuel told him, This was great folly in thee, so to transgress the commands which the Lord thy God had given thee. But for this, the Lord would have destined thee, here and now, to found a line of kings that should have ruled Israel for ever.✻ (1 Samuel 13, 13)
With that, Samuel left him, returning from Galgala to Gabaa in Benjamin. From Galgala, too, Saul and the forces that remained with him went up to Gabaa and the hill-country of Benjamin, to meet the attack; when he counted the roll, there were only some six hundred men to be found in his company. (1 Samuel 13, 15)
But Samuel reminded Saul, It was the Lord that gave me commission to anoint thee king of his people Israel; to his voice thou must needs listen. (1 Samuel 15, 1)
And the Lord’s word came to Samuel, (1 Samuel 15, 10)
I repent, now, of having made Saul king of Israel; he has played me false, and left my command unfulfilled. At this, Samuel was greatly moved, and all night long he pleaded with the Lord. (1 Samuel 15, 11)
At early dawn he rose up, resolved to find Saul that same morning; Saul, he was told, upon reaching the town of Carmel,✻ had set up a monument there in his own honour, but had passed on now and made his way to Galgala. When Samuel reached it, he found Saul offering the Lord burnt-sacrifice, out of the first-fruits of the plunder taken from Amalec. (1 Samuel 15, 12)
And this bleating of sheep, Samuel asked, that comes to my ears, this lowing of oxen that I hear? (1 Samuel 15, 14)
