Verse 22

1 Samuel 12:22

Bible in Basic English

22 For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֠י לֹֽא יִטֹּ֤שׁ יְהוָה֙ אֶת עַמּ֔/וֹ בַּ/עֲב֖וּר שְׁמ֣/וֹ הַ/גָּד֑וֹל כִּ֚י הוֹאִ֣יל יְהוָ֔ה לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת אֶתְ/כֶ֛ם ל֖/וֹ לְ/עָֽם

English Translation

For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for Himself.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have... Focus ↗

2 And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have... Focus ↗

3 Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oi... Focus ↗

4 And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man. Focus ↗

5 Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witnes... Focus ↗

6 And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who t... Focus ↗

7 Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story... Focus ↗

8 When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your... Focus ↗

9 But they were false to the Lord their God (Elohim), and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, ca... Focus ↗

10 Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the... Focus ↗

11 So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those... Focus ↗

12 And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No... Focus ↗

13 Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you. Focus ↗

14 If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders... Focus ↗

15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the... Focus ↗

16 Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes. Focus ↗

17 Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder... Focus ↗

18 So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people w... Focus ↗

19 And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God (Elohim) so that death ma... Focus ↗

20 Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away fr... Focus ↗

21 And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salv... Focus ↗

22 For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's p...

23 And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I... Focus ↗

24 Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what... Focus ↗

25 But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king. Focus ↗

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