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Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who ^(F1)(C1)appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.

"Now then, take your stand, ^(C1)so that I may enter into judgment with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD that He did for you and your fathers.

"^(C1)When Jacob went into Egypt and ^(C2)your fathers cried out to the LORD, then ^(C3)the LORD sent Moses and Aaron ^(F1)(C4)who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

"But ^(C1)they forgot the LORD their God, so ^(C2)He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and ^(C3)into the hand of the Philistines, and ^(C4)into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

"^(C1)They cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, because we have abandoned the LORD and have served ^(C2)the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but ^(C3)now save us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'

"Then the LORD sent ^(C1)Jerubbaal, ^(F1)(C2)Bedan, ^(C3)Jephthah, and ^(C4)Samuel, and saved you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.

"But when you saw ^(C1)that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me, '^(C2)No, but a king shall reign over us!' ^(C3)Yet the LORD your God was your king.