09:012:020 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;
09:012:021 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain
things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
09:012:022 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.
09:012:023 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:
09:012:024 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your
heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
09:012:025 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both
ye and your king.
09:013:001 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over
Israel,
09:013:002 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.
09:013:003 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.
09:013:004 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.