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Text -- 1 Samuel 12:1-10 (NET)
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12:1 Samuel said to all Israel , “I have done everything you requested . I have given you a king .
12:2 Now look ! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray , though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day .
12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king . Whose ox have I taken ? Whose donkey have I taken ? Whom have I wronged ? Whom have I oppressed ? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”
12:4 They replied , “You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone .”
12:5 He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day , that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” They said , “He is witness !”
12:6 Samuel said to the people , “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt .
12:7 Now take your positions , so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors .
12:8 When Jacob entered Egypt , your ancestors cried out to the Lord . The Lord sent Moses and Aaron , and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place .
12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God , so he gave them into the hand of Sisera , the general in command of Hazor’s army , and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab , and they fought against them.
12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted , ‘We have sinned , for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth . Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’
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