1 Samuel 12:1-12

1Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 to allH3605 IsraelH3478, “BeholdH2009, 1I have listenedH8085 to your voiceH6963 for allH3605 that you saidH559 to me, and I 2have appointedH4427 a kingH4428 overH5921 you. 2NowH6258, 3hereH2009 is the kingH4428 walkingH1980 beforeH6440 you, but as for me, 4I amH2204 oldH2204 and grayH7867, and 5my sonsH1121 are hereH2009 with you. And 6I have walkedH1980 beforeH6440 you sinceH4480 my youthH5271 to thisH2088 dayH3117. 3HereH2009 I am; testifyH6030 against me beforeH5048 the LordH3068 and 7His anointedH4899. 8WhoseH4310 oxH7794 have I takenH3947, or whoseH4310 donkeyH2543 have I takenH3947, or whomH4310 have I exploitedH6231? WhomH4310 have I oppressedH7533, or 9from whoseH4310 handH3027 have I takenH3947 a bribeH3724 to closeH5956 my eyesH5869 with it? I will returnH7725 it to you.” 4And they saidH559, “You have not exploitedH6231 us or oppressedH7533 us, or takenH3947 anythingH3972 from anyone’sH376 handH3027.” 5So he saidH559 to them, “The LordH3068 is witnessH5707 against you, and His anointedH4899 is witnessH5707 thisH2088 dayH3117 that 10you have foundH4672 nothingH3808H3972 11in my handH3027.” And they saidH559, “He is witnessH5707.”

6Then SamuelH8050 saidH559 to the peopleH5971, “It is the LordH3068 whoH834 1213appointedH6213 MosesH4872 and AaronH175 and whoH834 broughtH5927 your fathersH1 upH5927 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 7NowH6258 then, takeH3320 your standH3320, 14so that I may enterH8199 intoH8199 judgmentH8199 with you beforeH6440 the LordH3068 concerningH854 allH3605 the righteousH6666 actsH6666 of the LordH3068 that He didH6213 for you and your fathersH1. 815WhenH3512 JacobH3290 wentH935 into EgyptH4714 and 16your fathersH1 criedH2199 outH2199 to the LordH3068, then 17the LordH3068 sentH7971 MosesH4872 and AaronH175 1819who broughtH3318 your fathersH1 outH3318 of EgyptH4714 and settledH3427 them in thisH2088 placeH4725. 9But 20they forgotH7911 the LordH3068 their GodH430, so 21He soldH4376 them into the handH3027 of SiseraH5516, commanderH8269 of the armyH6635 of HazorH2674, and 22into the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430, and 23into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of MoabH4124, and they foughtH3898 against them. 1024They criedH2199 outH2199 to the LordH3068 and saidH559, ‘We have sinnedH2398, becauseH3588 we have abandonedH5800 the LordH3068 and have servedH5647 25the BaalsH1168 and the AshtarothH6252; but 26nowH6258 saveH5337 us from the handsH3027 of our enemiesH340, and we will serveH5647 You.’ 11Then the LordH3068 sentH7971 27JerubbaalH3378, 2829BedanH917, 30JephthahH3316, and 31SamuelH8050, and savedH5337 you from the handsH3027 of your enemiesH340 allH4480H5439 aroundH5439, so that you livedH3427 in securityH983. 12But when you sawH7200 32that NahashH5176 the kingH4428 of the sonsH1121 of AmmonH5983 was comingH935 againstH5921 you, you saidH559 to me, ‘33NoH3808, but a kingH4428 shall reignH4427 overH5921 us!’ 34Yet the LordH3068 your GodH430 was your kingH4428.