6. Samuel continued, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
7. Now stand where you are, and I will accuse you before the Lord by reminding you of all the mighty actions the Lord did to save you and your ancestors.
8. When Jacob and his family went to Egypt and the Egyptians oppressed them, your ancestors cried to the Lord for help, and he sent Moses and Aaron, who brought them out of Egypt and settled them in this land.
9. But the people forgot the Lord their God, and so he let the Philistines and the king of Moab and Sisera, commander of the army of the city of Hazor, fight against your ancestors and conquer them.
10. Then they cried to the Lord for help and said, ‘We have sinned, because we turned away from you, Lord, and worshipped the idols of Baal and Astarte. Rescue us from our enemies, and we will worship you!’
11. And the Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and finally me. Each of us rescued you from your enemies, and you lived in safety.
12. But when you saw that King Nahash of Ammon was about to attack you, you rejected the Lord as your king and said to me, ‘We want a king to rule us.’
13. “Now here is the king you chose; you asked for him, and now the Lord has given him to you.
14. All will go well with you if you honour the Lord your God, serve him, listen to him, and obey his commands, and if you and your king follow him.
15. But if you do not listen to the Lord but disobey his commands, he will be against you and your king.
16. So then, stand where you are, and you will see the great thing which the Lord is going to do.
17. It's the dry season, isn't it? But I will pray, and the Lord will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against the Lord when you asked him for a king.”