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1 Samuel · read by T. Austin-Sparks
10 verses, in order. Only the verses T. read aloud are shown.
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So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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"Look," they said, "you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations."Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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But when they said, "Give us a king to judge us," their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them."Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We must have a king over us.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles."Read from NASB1995 · Los Angeles Conference #4
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Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4
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"Listen to their voice," the LORD said to Samuel. "Appoint a king for them." Then Samuel told the men of Israel, "Everyone must go back to his city."Read from KJV · Los Angeles Conference #4