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.’
11. So the Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel. He saved you from your enemies around you, and you lived in safety.
12. But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming against you, you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
13. Now here is the king you chose, the one you asked for. The Lord has put him over you.
14. You must honor the Lord and serve him. You must obey his word and not turn against his commands. Both you and the king ruling over you must follow the Lord your God. If you do, it will be well with you.
15. But if you don’t obey the Lord, and if you turn against his commands, he will be against you. He will do to you what he did to your ancestors.