I. SAMUEL

to-day / the Lorp :hath_wrought salva- tion in Israel.”
14 Then said Samuel to the people, “.Come, and let us go to xGilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
45 And all the people went to xGilgal ; and there they made «Saul king before ‘the Lord in xGilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices_of peace_offerings before ! the LorD; and there Saul and all the_¢ men_of Israél rejoiced greatly. 1 AND Samuél said unto all Israél,
“Behold, I -have_hearkened un- to your voice in all that ye said unto mne, and have_made a king over you.
2 And now, behold, the king +walketh before you: and £ -am_old and gray- headed ; and, behold, my sons are with you: and £ shave_walked before you from my y childhood unto xthis xday.
3 Behold, here lam: witness against me before ‘the Lorn, and before His -anointed ; whose -ox -haye I taken? or whose ass -have_I_taken ? or -whom shave_I_defrauded? -whom -shave_I_ oppressed ? or of whose hand shaye_I_ received any r bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will_restore it you.”
4 And they said, “Thou -hast not de- frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither shast_thou_taken ought of iany_man’s hand.”
5 And he said unto them, “! Zhe Lorp is witness against you, and His anointed is witness xthis xday, that ye ‘have not found ought in my hand.” And they answered, “He is witness.” :
6 And Samuél said unto the people, “Tt is the Lorp 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 J the Lorp of call the_righteous_acts_of/ the Lorn, which He did »to you and vto your fathers.
8 When Jacob was_come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto ! the Lorp, then 'the Lorp sent «Moses and -Aaron, which brought_forth your fathers out_ of Egypt, and made_them_dwell in xthis xplace. j
9 And when they forgat J-the Lorp their =God, He sold them into the_