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1 Samuel 12:1
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 12
1
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.
2
Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
3
Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, 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 ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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