4. The Israelites answered, “You have not cheated us, or hurt us, or taken anything unfairly from anyone.”
5. Samuel said to them, “The Lord is a witness to what you have said. His appointed king is also a witness today that you did not find anything wrong in me.”“He is our witness,” they said.
6. Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who chose Moses and Aaron and brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
7. Now, stand there, and I will remind you of all the good things the Lord did for you and your ancestors.
8. “After Jacob entered Egypt, his descendants cried to the Lord for help. So the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your ancestors out of Egypt and brought them to live in this place.
9. “But they forgot the Lord their God. So he handed them over as slaves to Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and as slaves to the Philistines and the king of Moab. They all fought against your ancestors.
10. Then your ancestors cried to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned. We have left the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now save us from our enemies, and we will serve you.’