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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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