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Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe

עַמּוֹ (עַמּ) a.M “people”בְּעַם (עַם) 'Am “a people”

Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

הָעָ֜ם (עָ֜ם) 'Am “people”

Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

הָעָ֗ם (עָ֗ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֛ם (עָ֛ם) 'Am “people”

Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

הָעָ֗ם (עָ֗ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֛ם (עָ֛ם) 'Am “people”

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

לָּעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they ca

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direct

הָעָם֮ (עָם֮) 'Am “people”

And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

הָעָ֜ם (עָ֜ם) 'Am “people”

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”

So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

הָעָ֥ם (עָ֥ם) 'Am “people”

And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

הָעָ֜ם (עָ֜ם) 'Am “people”

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

הָעָם֙ (עָם֙) 'Am “people”

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.

עַמּ֔וֹ (עַמּ֔) a.M “people”לְעָֽם׃ (עָֽם) 'Am “a people”

And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their te

הָעָ֔ם (עָ֔ם) 'Am “people”

And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

הָעָ֛ם (עָ֛ם) 'Am “people”

When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

הָעָ֑ם (עָ֑ם) 'Am “people”הָעָ֗ם (עָ֗ם) 'Am “people”

And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.

הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

הָעָ֖ם (עָ֖ם) 'Am “people”

And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

הָעָ֜ם (עָ֜ם) 'Am “people”

But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

עַמּ֔וֹ (עַמּ֔) a.M “people”