1 Samuel 12:15 meaning and explanation
But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
1 Samuel 12:15, Berean Standard Bible
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Samuel is speaking to all Israel at Gilgal, near the end of his long leadership and at the start of Saul's reign. The people had demanded a king, and Samuel sets the choice before them plainly: obedience brings blessing, and rebellion brings the hand of the LORD against them, just as it had fallen on their fathers in the days of the judges.
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