Then Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 came H5927 up, and encamped H2583 against H5921 Jabeshgilead: H3003 H1568 and all H3605 the men H582 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 to Nahash, H5176 Make H3772 a covenant H1285 with us, and we will serve H5647 you.

And Nahash H5176 the Ammonite H5984 answered H559 them, On this H2063 condition will I make H3772 a covenant with you, that I may thrust H5365 out all H3605 your right H3225 eyes, H5869 and lay H7760 it for a reproach H2781 on all H3605 Israel. H3478

And his sons H1121 walked H1980 not in his ways, H1870 but turned H5186 aside H5186 after H310 lucre, H1215 and took H3947 bribes, H7810 and perverted H5186 judgment. H4941

And said H559 to him, Behold, H2009 you are old, H2204 and your sons H1121 walk H1980 not in your ways: H1870 now H6258 make H7760 us a king H4428 to judge H8199 us like all H3605 the nations. H1471

But the thing H1697 displeased H7489 H5869 Samuel, H8050 when H834 they said, H559 Give H5414 us a king H4428 to judge H8199 us. And Samuel H8050 prayed H6419 to the LORD. H3068

Nevertheless the people H5971 refused H3985 to obey H8085 the voice H6963 of Samuel; H8050 and they said, H559 No; H3808 but we will have H1961 a king H4428 over H5921 us;

That we also H1571 may be like all H3605 the nations; H1471 and that our king H4428 may judge H8199 us, and go H3318 out before H6440 us, and fight H3898 our battles. H4421

And you are risen H6965 up against H5921 my father's H1 house H1004 this day, H3117 and have slain H2026 his sons, H1121 three score H7657 and ten persons, H376 on one H259 stone, H68 and have made Abimelech, H40 the son H1121 of his maidservant, H519 king H4427 over H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because H3588 he is your brother; H251 )

Thus God H430 rendered H7725 the wickedness H7451 of Abimelech, H40 which H834 he did H6213 to his father, H1 in slaying H2026 his seventy H7657 brothers: H251

And all H3605 the evil H7451 of the men H582 of Shechem H7927 did God H430 render H7725 on their heads: H7218 and on them came H935 the curse H7045 of Jotham H3147 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal. H3378

And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 Listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the people H5971 in all H3605 that they say H559 to you: for they have not rejected H3988 you, but they have rejected H3988 me, that I should not reign H4427 over H5921 them.

And you have this day H3117 rejected H3988 your God, H430 who H834 himself saved H3467 you out of all H3605 your adversities H7451 and your tribulations; H6869 and you have said H559 to him, No, but set H7760 a king H4428 over H5921 us. Now H6258 therefore present H3320 yourselves before H6440 the LORD H3068 by your tribes, H7626 and by your thousands. H505

And I will establish H6965 my covenant H1285 between H996 me and you and your seed H2233 after H310 you in their generations H1755 for an everlasting H5769 covenant, H1285 to be a God H430 to you, and to your seed H2233 after H310 you.

Now H6258 therefore, if H518 you will obey H8085 my voice H6963 indeed, and keep H8104 my covenant, H1285 then you shall be a peculiar H5459 treasure to me above all H3605 people: H5971 for all H3605 the earth H776 is mine:

And you shall be to me a kingdom H4467 of priests, H3548 and an holy H6918 nation. H1471 These H428 are the words H1697 which H834 you shall speak H1696 to the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

He has not beheld H5027 iniquity H205 in Jacob, H3290 neither H3808 has he seen H7200 perverseness H5999 in Israel: H3478 the LORD H3068 his God H430 is with him, and the shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.

And Gideon H1439 said H559 to them, I will not rule H4910 over you, neither H3808 shall my son H1121 rule H4910 over you: the LORD H3068 shall rule H4910 over you.

For God H430 is my King H4428 of old, H6924 working H6466 salvation H3444 in the middle H7130 of the earth. H776

For the LORD H3068 is our judge, H8199 the LORD H3068 is our lawgiver, H2710 the LORD H3068 is our king; H4428 he will save H3467 us.

I will H165 be your king: H4428 where H645 is any other that may save H3467 you in all H3605 your cities? H5892 and your judges H8199 of whom H834 you said, H559 Give H5414 me a king H4428 and princes? H8269