"But you have todayrejectedyour God,whodeliversyou from allyour calamitiesand your distresses;yet you have said,'No,but seta kingoverus!' Nowtherefore, presentyourselves beforethe LORDby your tribesand by your clans."
The lotis castinto the lap,But its everydecisionis from the LORD.
"But as for you, BethlehemEphrathah,[Too] littleto be among the clansof Judah,From you One will goforthfor Me to be rulerin Israel.His goingsforthare from longago,From the daysof eternity."
but a wholemonth,untilit comesout of your nostrilsand becomesloathsometo you; becauseyou have rejectedthe LORDwhois amongyou and have weptbeforeHim, saying,"Whydid we everleaveEgypt?"'"
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,and getfrom them a rodfor each father'shousehold:twelverods,from alltheir leadersaccording to their fathers'households.You shall writeeachnameon his rod,
"Whenyou enterthe landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou, and you possessit and livein it, and you say,I will seta kingoverme like allthe nationswhoare aroundme,'
Then Joshuagatheredallthe tribesof Israelto Shechem,and calledfor the eldersof Israeland for their headsand their judgesand their officers;and they presentedthemselves beforeGod.
But Gideonsaidto them, "I will not ruleover you, norshall my sonruleover you; the LORDshall ruleover you."
Thus Samuelbroughtallthe tribesof Israelnear,and the tribeof Benjaminwas takenby lot.
"When you sawthat Nahashthe kingof the sonsof Ammoncameagainstyou, you saidto me, 'No,but a kingshall reignoverus,' although the LORDyour God[was] your king.
So the LORDdeliveredIsraelthat day,and the battlespreadbeyondBeth-aven.
Saulsaid,"Drawnearhere,allyou chiefsof the people,and investigateand seehowthissinhas happenedtoday.
And the LORDappearedagainat Shiloh,becausethe LORDrevealedHimself to Samuelat Shilohby the wordof the LORD.
Thus the wordof Samuelcameto allIsrael.Now Israelwentout to meetthe Philistinesin battleand campedbesideEbenezerwhile the Philistinescampedin Aphek.
Nevertheless, the peoplerefusedto listento the voiceof Samuel,and they said,"No,but there shall be a kingoverus,
and they saidto him, "Behold,you have grownold,and your sonsdo not walkin your ways.Nowappointa kingfor us to judgeus like allthe nations."
