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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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