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1 Samuel 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
1 Samuel 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 12[a]
Samuel’s Innocence. 1 Samuel said to all of Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and I have appointed a king over you. 2 Now you have a king leading you. I am old and gray, and my sons are in your presence. I have led you from the days of my youth up to the present. 3 Behold, I testify against you in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hands did I receive a bribe to close my eyes? I am willing to restore it all to you.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:1 Like Moses (Deut 29–31) and Joshua (Jos 24), at the moment of his retirement, Samuel reviews his life.