1 Samuel 12:6-16

6Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who 12appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.

7So now, take your stand, 3that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did for you and your fathers.

84When Jacob went into Egypt and 5your fathers cried out to the Lord, then 6the Lord sent Moses and Aaron 78who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

9But 9they forgot the Lord their God, so 10He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and 11into the hand of the Philistines and 12into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1013They cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served 14the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but 15now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

11Then the Lord sent 16Jerubbaal and 1718Bedan and 19Jephthah and 20Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.

12When you saw 21that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘22No, but a king shall reign over us,’ 23although the Lord your God was your king.

13Now therefore, 24here is the king whom you have chosen, 25whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

1426If you will fear the Lord and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the 27command of the Lord, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God.

1528If you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the 29command of the Lord, then 30the hand of the Lord will be against you, 31as it was against your fathers.

16Even now, 32take your stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.