1 Samuel 12:1-12

1Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 to allH3605 IsraelH3478, “BeholdH2009, 1I have listenedH8085 to your voiceH6963 in allH3605 that you saidH559 to me and I 2have 3appointedH4427 a kingH4428 overH5921 you. 2NowH6258, 4hereH2009 is the kingH4428 walkingH1980 beforeH6440 you, but 5I amH2204 oldH2204 and grayH7867, and beholdH2009 6my sonsH1121 are with you. And 7I have walkedH1980 beforeH6440 you from my youthH5271 evenH5704 to thisH2088 dayH3117. 3HereH2009 I am; bearH6030 witnessH6030 against me beforeH5048 the LordH3068 and 8His anointedH4899. 9WhoseH4310 oxH7794 have I takenH3947, or whoseH4310 donkeyH2543 have I takenH3947, or whomH4310 have I defraudedH6231? WhomH4310 have I oppressedH7533, or 10from whoseH4310 handH3027 have I takenH3947 a bribeH3724 to blindH5956 my eyesH5869 with it? I will restoreH7725 it to you.” 4They saidH559, “You have not defraudedH6231 us or oppressedH7533 us or takenH3947 anythingH3972 from anyH376 man’sH376 handH3027.” 5He saidH559 to them, “The LordH3068 is witnessH5707 against you, and His anointedH4899 is witnessH5707 thisH2088 dayH3117 that 11you have foundH4672 nothingH3808H3972 12in my handH3027.” And they saidH559, “He is witnessH5707.”

6Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 to the peopleH5971, “It is the LordH3068 whoH834 1314appointedH6213 MosesH4872 and AaronH175 and whoH834 broughtH5927 your fathersH1 up from the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 7So nowH6258, takeH3320 your standH3320, 15that I may pleadH8199 with you beforeH6440 the LordH3068 concerningH854 allH3605 the righteousH6666 actsH6666 of the LordH3068 whichH834 He didH6213 for you and your fathersH1. 816WhenH3512 JacobH3290 wentH935 into EgyptH4714 and 17your fathersH1 criedH2199 out to the LordH3068, then 18the LordH3068 sentH7971 MosesH4872 and AaronH175 1920who broughtH3318 your fathersH1 out of EgyptH4714 and settledH3427 them in thisH2088 placeH4725. 9But 21they forgotH7911 the LordH3068 their GodH430, so 22He soldH4376 them into the handH3027 of SiseraH5516, captainH8269 of the armyH6635 of HazorH2674, and 23into the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 and 24into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of MoabH4124, and they foughtH3898 against them. 1025They criedH2199 out to the LordH3068 and saidH559, ‘We have sinnedH2398 becauseH3588 we have forsakenH5800 the LordH3068 and have servedH5647 26the BaalsH1168 and the AshtarothH6252; but 27nowH6258 deliverH5337 us from the handsH3027 of our enemiesH340, and we will serveH5647 You.’ 11Then the LordH3068 sentH7971 28JerubbaalH3378 and 2930BedanH917 and 31JephthahH3316 and 32SamuelH8050, and deliveredH5337 you from the handsH3027 of your enemiesH340 allH4480H5439 aroundH5439, so that you livedH3427 in securityH983. 12When you sawH7200 33that NahashH5176 the kingH4428 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983 cameH935 againstH5921 you, you saidH559 to me, ‘34NoH3808, but a kingH4428 shall reignH4427 overH5921 us,’ 35although the LordH3068 your GodH430 was your kingH4428.