I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

我在怒气中将王赐你，又在烈怒中将王废去。

我在怒气中将王赐给你，又在烈怒中将王废去。

我在怒气中将王赐给你，又在烈怒中将王废去。

我在愤怒中赐给你君王，也在愤怒中废黜他们。

我在忿怒中把王赐给你，又在烈怒中把他废去。

我在怒氣中將王賜你，又在烈怒中將王廢去。

我在怒氣中將王賜給你，又在烈怒中將王廢去。

我在怒氣中將王賜給你，又在烈怒中將王廢去。

我在憤怒中賜給你君王，也在憤怒中廢黜他們。

我在忿怒中把王賜給你，又在烈怒中把他廢去。

我氣忿忿地將王賜了你，又怒烘烘地給廢去。

我怒以王予爾、亦怒而廢之、

爾國之王、我怒而立之、復怒而廢之、

我怒以王賜爾、我怒以王廢之、

So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.

So I became angry and gave you a king. Then I took him away from you.

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.

I give you a king in my anger and take away a king in my wrath.

I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.

I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.

I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

I give you a king in My anger and take away a king in My wrath.

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took[ him] away in my wrath.

I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“ No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”

Then Samuel said,“ Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.”

The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king,“ We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” So Israel returned to their homes.

Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!

Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.

The LORD said to Samuel,“ Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”

Very soon they will say,“ We have no king since we did not fear the LORD. But what can a king do for us anyway?”

Go, tell Jeroboam,‘ This is what the LORD God of Israel says:“ I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve.You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the LORD has announced it!“ As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the LORD God of Israel found anything good.The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!The LORD will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the LORD by making Asherah poles.He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

In the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years.He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

Jeroboam then thought to himself:“ Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.This caused Israel to sin; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves.He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

The LORD said to Samuel,“ How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.Saul said to his armor bearer,“ Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.