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"But when you saw ^(C1)that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me, '^(C2)No, but a king shall reign over us!' ^(C3)Yet the LORD your God was your king.

"And now, ^(C1)behold, the king whom you have chosen, ^(C2)whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has ^(F1)put a king over you.

"^(C1)If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the ^(F1)command of the LORD, then both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

"But ^(C1)if you do not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the ^(F1)command of the LORD, then ^(C2)the hand of the LORD will be against you, ^(C3)even as it was against your fathers.