Quotes About Authority

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ëNo, we must have a king to rule over usí—even though the LORD your God was your king.

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”

And Saul declared, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if you, Jonathan, do not surely die!”

Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORDís commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

And the servants told Saul what David had said.

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ëHelp me get away, or I will kill you!í”

Now one of Saulís servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his fatherís whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.