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Bible Reading for March 29

1 Samuel 11
[1] Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and
all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will
serve thee.
[2] And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a
covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a
reproach upon all Israel.
[3] And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that
we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no
man to save us, we will come out to thee. [4] Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the
people lifted up their voices, and wept. [5] And, behold, Saul came after the
herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep?
And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
[6] And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his
anger was kindled greatly.
[7] And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done
unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out
with one consent.
[8] And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. [9] And they said unto
the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To
morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers
came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
[10] Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and
ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. [11] And it was so on the
morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the
midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat
of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so
that two of them were not left together.
[12] And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign
over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. [13] And Saul said,
There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath
wrought salvation in Israel. [14] Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let
us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
[15] And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before
the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings
before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 12
[1] And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice
in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. [2] And now,
behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold,
my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this
day.
[3] Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his
anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I
defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to
blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. [4] And they said, Thou
hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any
man's hand. [5] And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they
answered, He is witness.
[6] And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and
Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. [7] Now
therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the
righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. [8] When
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD
sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made
them dwell in this place. [9] And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold
them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand
of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought
against them. [10] And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned,
because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but
now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. [11] And
the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you
out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
[12] And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against
you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your
God was your king.
[13] Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have
desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. [14] If ye will fear
the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth
over you continue following the LORD your God: [15] But if ye will not obey the
voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall
the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
[16] Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do
before your eyes.
[17] Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall
send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is
great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. [18]
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day:
and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. [19] And all the people
said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not:
for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
[20] And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with
all your heart;
[21] And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which
cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. [22] For the LORD will not
forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD
to make you his people. [23] Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin
against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and
the right way: [24] Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your
heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. [25] But if ye shall
still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

1 Samuel 13
[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, [2]
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with
Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in
Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
[3] And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land,
saying, Let the Hebrews hear. [4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had
smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in
abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after
Saul to Gilgal. [5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight
with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as
the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched
in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
[6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were
distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and
in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. [7] And some of the Hebrews went
over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal,
and all the people followed him trembling.
[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him.
[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and
offered a burnt offering.
[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the
commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the
LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. [14] But now thy
kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart,
and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou
hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. [15] And Samuel arose, and
gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people
that were present with him, about six hundred men.
[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the
wilderness.
[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: [20] But all the
Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and
his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. [21] Yet they had a file for the
mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads. [22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was
neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with
Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.


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