1 Samuel 12:1-13:23 1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done
everything you requested.
I have given you a king.
2 Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.
3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the
Lord and before his chosen king.
Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me,
and I will return it to you!”
4 They replied, “You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
5 He said to them, “The
Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king
is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.”
They said, “He is witness!”
6 Samuel said to the people, “The
Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors
up from the land of Egypt.
7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you
before the
Lord regarding all the
Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.
8 When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the
Lord. The
Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9 “But they forgot the
Lord their God, so he gave
them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s
army,
and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
10 Then they cried out to the
Lord and admitted,
‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the
Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth.
Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’
11 So the
Lord sent Jerub-Baal,
Barak,
Jephthah, and Samuel,
and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
12 “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the
Lord your God is your king!
13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the
Lord has given you a king!
14 If you fear the
Lord, serving him and obeying him
and not rebelling against what he says,
and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the
Lord your God, all will be well.
15 But if you don’t obey
the
Lord and rebel against what the
Lord says, the hand of the
Lord will be against both you and your king.
16 “So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the
Lord is about to do in your sight.
17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the
Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the
Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”
18 So Samuel called to the
Lord, and the
Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the
Lord and Samuel.
19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the
Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”
20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned.
However, don’t turn aside from the
Lord. Serve the
Lord with all your heart.
21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.
22 The
Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation.
The
Lord was pleased to make you his own people.
23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the
Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
24 However, fear the
Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
25 But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
1 Saul was [thirty]
years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty]
years.
2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel;
the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
He sent all the rest of the people back home.
3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost
that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted
all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”
4 All Israel heard this message,
“Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive
to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join
Saul at Gilgal.
5 For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000
chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.
6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds,
and cisterns.
7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River
to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.
8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel.
But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.
9 So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.
10 Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.
11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me
and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,
12 I thought,
‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the
Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated
to offer the burnt offering.”
13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed
the commandment that the
Lord your God gave
you. Had you done that, the
Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The
Lord has sought out
for himself a man who is loyal to him
and the
Lord has appointed
him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the
Lord commanded you.”
15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal
to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.
16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.
17 Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;
18 another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert.
19 A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.”
20 So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles
sharpened.
21 They charged
two-thirds of a shekel
to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel
to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads.
22 So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
23 A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.
Context (NET) John 7:1-30 1 After this
Jesus traveled throughout Galilee.
He
stayed out of Judea
because the Jewish leaders
wanted
to kill him.
2 Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles
was near.
3 So Jesus’ brothers
advised him, “Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.
4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself
does anything in secret.
If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.)
6 So Jesus replied,
“My time
has not yet arrived,
but you are ready at any opportunity!
7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
8 You go up
to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast
because my time
has not yet fully arrived.”
9 When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus
himself also went up, not openly but in secret.
11 So the Jewish leaders
were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?”
12 There was
a lot of grumbling
about him among the crowds.
Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.”
13 However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.
14 When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts
and began to teach.
15 Then the Jewish leaders
were astonished
and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”
16 So Jesus replied,
“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.
17 If anyone wants to do God’s will,
he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
18 The person who speaks on his own authority
desires
to receive honor
for himself; the one who desires
the honor
of the one who sent him is a man of integrity,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.
19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps
the law! Why do you want
to kill me?”
20 The crowd
answered, “You’re possessed by a demon!
Who is trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus replied,
“I performed one miracle
and you are all amazed.
22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision
(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child
on the Sabbath.
23 But if a male child
is circumcised
on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken,
why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well
on the Sabbath?
24 Do not judge according to external appearance,
but judge with proper
judgment.”
25 Then some of the residents of Jerusalem
began to say, “Isn’t this the man
they are trying
to kill?
26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly,
and they are saying nothing to him.
Do the rulers really know that this man
is the Christ?
27 But we know where this man
comes from.
Whenever the Christ
comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts,
cried out,
“You both know me and know where I come from!
And I have not come on my own initiative,
but the one who sent me
is true. You do not know him,
29 but
I know him, because I have come from him
and he
sent me.”
30 So then they tried to seize Jesus,
but no one laid a hand on him, because his time
had not yet come.
Context (NET) Psalm 108:1-13 1 A song, a psalm of David. I am determined,
O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.
2 Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!
3 I will give you thanks before the nations, O
Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!
4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,
and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
5 Rise up
above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
6 Deliver by your power
and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.
7 God has spoken in his sanctuary:
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, the valley of Succoth I will measure off.
8 Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh!
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my royal scepter.
9 Moab is my wash basin.
I will make Edom serve me.
I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
10 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.
12 Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
13 By God’s power we will conquer;
he will trample down
our enemies.
Context (NET) Proverbs 15:4 4 Speech
that heals
is like
a life-giving tree,
but a perverse tongue
breaks the spirit.
Context (NET)
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